Stockport Troop Detail 1833

This section of the McLean print of John Howard shows the Troop lined up in two ranks of around 100 men. The original Spode painting shows the same Troop strength. The officer on the grey horse wears a pelisse but there are at least four other mounted officers in the background of the print that do not have pelisses. The hussars in the ranks all have shabraques and white sheepskin saddle covers and appear to have pelisses on their shoulders. There are no visible plumes in their shakos but in the original painting they all have white drooping horsehair plumes. The background shows a distant view of Stockport as it was in the industrialised 19th century with factory chimneys and cotton mills. Frederick Engels wrote in 1844 that Stockport was ‘renowned as one of the duskiest, smokiest holes’ in the whole of the industrial area.

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