Officer and Private 1812-13

These figures show the dress uniform of a private, on the left, wearing blue jacket or dolman with red collar and cuffs, and white cording across the chest and white braid on the collar and cuffs. The other ranks of the 10th Hussars had the distinction of a white lace border around the cording. This can also be seen on the pelisse which has light grey fur edging. The barrel sash is wrongly coloured in this illustration as the barrels should be yellow. The officer has silver lace, cords and braid on his jacket and pelisse but his cap lines and the barrels on his waist sash are gold. The officer’s pelisse has a black fur edge and silver fringes around the corded area, repeated on the jacket. This uniform was short lived as the silver was changed to gold in 1815. Both figures have brown fur busbies, worn in review order.
This illustration is taken from the notebooks of P W Reynolds who copied them from watercolours in the Windsor Castle Library by C R de Berenger. The painting of the private is dated July 1812, and the painting of the officer is inscribed, ‘Designed & painted by command of H.R.H. the Prince Regent by C.R. de Berenger 1813’. The word ‘designed’ suggests that the officer’s uniform was the Prince’s ideal rather than the actual uniform worn in the regiment.

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