The uniform worn by this senior NCO, named as Sergeant Major Shute, is a development from those shown in the paintings of 1800 and 1802. The jacket is shorter and looks close fitting. The shoulder wings have changed to chains mounted on blue cloth or velvet. The jacket is decorated with gold lace buttonholes which extend across the chest in pairs and form short bars on his forearms in pairs, and on his collar. The facings are faded but should be dark blue velvet. He has a crimson sash around his waist with a white sword-belt over it, fastened with a rectangular clasp. His sword is the light dragoon pattern, curved with brass hilt, white sword knot, and black leather and brass scabbard. His bicorne hat has a black cockade and gilt cord loop.
The detail below shows the rank badges on his right upper sleeve. He has four chevrons of doubled gold lace with an embroidered crown above. The General Order of 24 May 1803 called for sergeant majors to have four chevrons only and the changes of 1809 called for a crown above the stripes. It is likely that other regiments as well as the KDG were adding a crown to the four chevrons before 1809.
This painting is from the Brown University Digital Repository, dated 1805 but no named artist. The style of the writing in the lower right-hand corner indicates that this is by the same artist that painted Thomas Beckit in 1800 and the two sparring troopers in 1802, John Leeth (?).
