We are thankful to A J Dubois Drahonet for coming to England to paint soldiers of various regiments for the King. His artistic ability and eye for detail make these some the favourite sources of information for students of uniform. The sergeant’s tailed coatee appears to have gold embroidered loops on his collar and cuff. The left glove has been removed so we can see the buttoned loops. The edging to the turn-backs on the coat-tails also appears to be gold. It is not clear at what rank the yellow lace and embroidery of the rank-and-file was exchanged for gold. Certainly sergeant-majors had gold, and close inspection of the sergeant’s cuff seems to confirm that it is gold.
There are brass shoulder scales which detach to allow the white leather pouch-belt to pass underneath. This back view gives us a chance to see the brass buckle and tip, and the way the belt goes under the pouch to clip onto the carbine that he holds. The black leather pouch has a regimental badge which is probably similar to the badge on his sabretache. His coat facings are blue velvet and his rank chevrons on his right arm have a dark outline which indicates that they were backed with blue velvet. There are also small velvet backed devices sewn onto where the turn-backs meet on the coat-tails.
