The officer in this print, from a series by Goddard & Booth dated between 1812 and 1822, wears a double breasted jacket buttoned up from waist to neck, with a green stand collar that is open at the front to show the black cravat and white collar. The portrait of Lt Col Philips Cameron of this period shows the top four buttons undone to reveal gold laced green lapels. There is a single gold lace button loop on each side of the collar, but there are more gold loops on the cuffs. Marcuard’s chart, published around the same time, also shows a single collar loop, and five gold loops on the green cuff. There are gold epaulettes on each shoulder which were worn by all Highland officers regardless of rank. The kilt is shown as different from the other Highland regiments but not accurate as to the sett of the tartan. An effort has been made to represent the sporran as decorated with tassels but again it is not accurate. The hose appear to be white, covered with red ribbons criss-crossing from the shoe to the top of the hose where they finish as bows. The feather bonnet is large in this print, with the feathers falling to the right side. The hat-band is diced in red, white and green, but not accurately in the print, as the green squares should be in the middle row. The crimson sash on his left shoulder was worn by all officers on duty. Highland officers were distinguished by having the sash on the shoulder instead of around the waist as had been the custom in other infantry regiments since the 1760s. Unfortunately the sash often covered the ornate shoulder-belt plate as in this print.
