This illustration by gerry Embleton is from Like Hungry Wolves; Culloden Moor 16 April 1746 by Stuart Reid (Windrow & Greene 1994). It is mostly based on Morier’s painting of a grenadier of the 1st Royal Regiment in 1751. There is more detail in Morier’s paintings than in the 1742 Cloathing Book prints. The sleeve is well shown, with the red slash, laced and buttoned, and the curved style of the blue turned-up cuff. The lapels are buttoned across, leaving the top part exposed. Sergeants of all regiments had plain white lace while Corporals and Privates in most regiments had patterned lace. The Royal Regiment, at that time, was distinctive in having white lace for all ranks, apart from the officers who had gold lace. His coat skirts are not hooked back because of the cold Spring climate in Scotland, and he has black gaiters that cover the knees. The shoulder-belt has a match-case which was the symbol of grenadiers, a relic of the days when grenade fuses had to be lit from a burning taper. The most distinctive part of this grenadier’s uniform is the mitre cap which has a blue face embroidered with the circle of St Andrew, a crown, and the red flap with the white horse of Hanover. To signify his rank he wears a red and blue waist-sash.
