This watercolour portrait appears to show the uniform as faded but the actual colour was dark blue. The scarlet facings can only just be seen on the collar and as the backing cloth for the gold epaulettes. The collar is three inches deep with two embroidered buttonholes on each side, 5 inches long. The double breasted coatee has two rows of nine gilt buttons with regimental devices. The scarlet cuffs are pointed, the tip of the gold embroidered point just visible. The girdle round his waist has three gold lace stripes with crimson silk between. His arms cover the waist-belt which is of the same lace pattern as the pouch-belt, Wave and Diamond. The pouch-belt was a special regimental pattern, all gold, adopted c1843.
The angle of the sabretache does not allow us to see the pattern, and his steel scabbard shows as hanging by his left side from gold laced slings. The sword is drawn and has a gold and crimson sword-knot. His blue trousers have a double stripe of gold lace in the Broken Bias pattern. The lance-cap on the table has the black cock feather plume attached and the cap lines diagonally across the top half. The tassel ends rest beside the cap showing the round ends which reveal the bulky nature of the bullion.
The subject of the portrait is Charles Law who was the nephew of Edward Law, 1st and last Earl of Ellenborough, Governor of India from 1841 to 1844. Charles later inherited the title 3rd Baron Ellenborough in 1871. He served in the 9th Lancers from 1844 to 1846 and was at the battle of Sobraon in February 1846 for which he received the Sutlej medal.
