Lieutenant, Review Order 1832

Drahonet’s painting of Lieutenant Arthur Gosset, as with his other military subjects, exaggerates the elegance of the sitter. The shako appears taller than ordered in Dress Regulations. The plaited festoon is part of the gold cord cap lines that hang from the right side and hook up to the left shoulder. The artist has also taken liberties with the white cocks feather plume. In this painting the red and gold barrel sash is clearly seen, with the gold tassel ends hanging from his right side. He has no pouch-belt. His dress trousers are dark blue with a gold stripe down the side, and he has a light cavalry sword and dress sabretache. Gosset joined the RA in 1818 after a course at Woolwich. He reached the rank of lieutenant in 1827 and sat for this portrait in 1832. He became a second captain in 1839 and a captain in 1844. He finished up as a brevet major but retired in 1845. He died in 1886.

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