Officer, Dress Uniform c1832

The light dragoon uniform had developed into a plain blue short-tailed coatee without the red plastron that covered the chest in the early to mid 1820s. The red collar and cuffs are laced and braided in silver and the double-breasted front has two rows of silver buttons. There is a glimpse of silver epaulette, half covered by the cloak. His trousers, now dark blue, have a silver stripes down the outside. Around his waist is a gold and red girdle, with a silver laced sword belt supporting a mameluke sword and sabretache. His right hand rests on a pouch-belt which looks as if it is silver laced, but lacking the usual coloured edge. He holds a tall shako which is laced in silver around the top and has a silver chin chain hooked up. The front has a silver and gilt badge which does not correspond with known badges of the Cheshire Yeomanry. There is no silver embroidery on the peak as there was in the later version of the shako. The black falling cock feathers are fixed to a holder that inserts into the top of the shako at the front.
The painting is 15in x 25in and is unsigned. The name of the sitter and the date are also unknown but the uniform dates it as post 1827 in which year the Sir John, 1st Lord de Tabley died. This officer is young and bears a strong resemblance to the later portrait of George, 2nd Lord de Tabley. If the estimated date is correct he would be around 21 years old.

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