The shako worn by this junior officer was the pattern adopted by the infantry at the end of 1843, and lasted for eleven years. The top was slightly less in diameter to the bottom. There was a peak on the front and a smaller peak on the back. The gilt chin-chain was fastened at the sides with rose pattern ornaments. The tuft on top was a worsted ball, two thirds white over one third red, worn by battalion companies and field officers. The grenadier company was authorised a plain white ball, although they may have worn a bearskin cap. The light company wore a green ball tuft. The ball was secured in an ornate gilt socket. The badge on the front was of regimental pattern, with a Victorian crown above.
The coatee worn by this young officer is the dress coat, scarlet with yellow facings and solid-looking gold lace. The pattern of coat described in the 1846 Dress Regulations is almost identical to that authorised in the 1834 DR. The Prussian collar is well covered by gold lace and two gilt buttons on each side so that the yellow facing colour only shows at the back. The epaulettes have strips of gold lace on the strap with a light of yellow (the regimental facing colour) showing between them. The round ends have a gilt crescent on top with a gold bullion fringe that increased in size for captains and field officers.
The officer rests his right hand on his sword which the artist has left unfinished. It was a gilt half-basket hilt lined with black patent leather. The grip was covered with fish-skin bound with a spiral of three gilt wires. The blade was 32 inches long and an inch wide. It was sheathed in a scabbard of black leather with gilt mountings. This was kept in a frog at the join of the two ends of the 3-inch wide white leather shoulder belt. The belt-plate on the front was the same pattern as the one adopted in 1830, gilt with a silver Britannia badge.
The crimson silk sash was wound twice round his waist, tied on the left hip to allow 16 inches of fringed end to hang. The trousers were of Oxford mixture in the winter months. The summer trousers (1 May - 14 Oct) differed according to location as authorised in the 1846 Dress Regulations: Grey Tweed in the UK and Canada, white linen in India, the Mediterranean, the West Indies, and other hot climates.
