The officer’s coat, sometimes called a frock, was scarlet with blue facings and gold lace. There were two types of dress coat; the full dress coat which had embroidered button loops evenly spaced, and the dress coat, seen in this print by Dayes, worn for parades and semi-formal occasions, having gold lace loops in pairs. The style of the coat had developed so that the collar was the stand-up type, but open at the neck. The front fastened with hooks and eyes near the top, revealing a white waistcoat lower down. The white-lined tails had red horizontal pocket flaps on each side with four gold laced button loops. The crimson silk sash was worn around the waist with the ends hanging on the left side. His sword hangs from a shoulder belt that has a gilt belt-plate. The tricorn hat was at a stage where the front point was disappearing to form a bicorn. It was worn fashionably tilted to the right and slightly forward on that side. The edge has gold lace, and the plume is a distinctive eruption of black and white. His hair is powdered and the angle of his head reveals the tail to be folded up and secured with a small black ribbon.
