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| P W Reynolds’ note books in the V&A museum has this page which is Reynolds’ copy of a print in the British Museum. The print is a different state of the one showing the Prince in parade order. Reynolds’ note beneath this image says that the engraver, J R Smith, worked from his own painting. The uniform appears to show the dress of officers of the 10th Light Dragoons as worn for social occasions. The coat covers a white waistcoat instead of the blue, silver braided jacket. The tails are longer than the jacket worn on duty, and does not have the silver tassels near his shoulders. The epaulettes are worn for this order of dress, and are not the metal scaled epaulettes worn after 1794. The sleeves are decorated with four silver button loops with tasseled ends; these are not on the parade jacket. The hat is the cocked hat worn by heavy cavalry at this time but had been replaced by the helmet in the light dragoons since 1783. In the early years of the 19th century this cocked hat assumed larger proportions and was worn only off duty. It is edged in black silk and has two silver lace loops on the front. The black silk cockade has a white plume issuing from it. He wears white breeches with black fitted gaiters or stockings, and black shoes. |
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