This print is no.45 in a series of 108 published by E Gambert & Co of 25 Berners Street, London. The artist was William Sharpe and his paintings were lithographed by M & N Hanhart. The officer is in the dress uniform of the 79th Cameron Highlanders, posing as if in battle in the Crimea. But the shoes, normally worn in levée dress, do not look suitable for the occasion and would in fact have been replaced by boots and white spats. The artist has drawn the white shoulder belt worn over the crimson sash so that the belt plate is more visible. The dirk is attached to a belt hidden under the scarlet doublet.
The doublet is the first pattern, worn from 1855 to 1857. It was double-breasted and is shown here buttoned to the left.The collar is correct but the slash flap on the cuff looks like the gold laced flap on the previous pattern coatee, although it should be green with three buttons. His sporran is the expensive dress version and would not have been worn on campaign. There is an attempt to paint the Cameron of Erracht tartan on the kilt and the fly plaid attached to his left shoulder.
