The figure in the foreground is a corporal, as indicated by the two gold stripes on his sleeve. The artist Orlando Norie was a specialist military painter but the showing of rank on the left sleeve is probably a mistake as rank was only shown on the right sleeve. The uniform is the blue lancer tunic with scarlet collars and edging, the scarlet pointed cuffs are hidden under white gauntlets. Norie is also mistaken in the arrangement of the cap-lines which should have only two cords around the body as distinct from the other lancer regiments that had four closely bunched lines coming from the right shoulder.
The trousers at that time, for mounted duty, had leather ankles and leather inside legs. They wear dress lance-caps with black and white horse-hair plumes which would indicate that these men are giving a field-day display. But the tunic shows a blue front, without the distinctive lancer plastron. The scarlet lapels have been buttoned over to show a blue front.
In the background, an officer can be seen turning to give an order to his trumpeter. The officer’s charger does not have a shabraque, only the black sheepskin. The men also have black sheepskin saddle covers, with a blue valise on the back of the saddle.
