In the summer of 1853 the 79th were one of the regiments that camped at Chobham to take part in divisional manoeuvres. The painting shows two officers listening to a piper who plays for them outside their tent. The piper shows the back of the uniform, a glengarry cap, green doublet, kilt and plaid with a large sporran that can be seen hanging lower than his kilt. The officer standing with his arms folded is a grenadier officer as can be seen by his gold shoulder wings. Light Company officers also had wings but wore a green hackle on the feather bonnet instead of white. The seated officer has gold fringed epaulettes as he is from a battalion company, or he could be the commanding officer or adjutant. On the left of the picture is a rack with men’s muskets stacked up, and a sentry with a lance-corporal stripe on his arm. They all have plaids attached to their left shoulder although the piper has a shoulder plaid that wraps around his chest.
