An Officer of the 43rd (Monmouthshire) Light Infantry

Image credit: Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Museum

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Possibly the sergeant major or the quartermaster sergeant. It would have been painted at some time between 1836, the year in which double-breasted coatees were introduced for Senior NCOs, and 1855, which was the last year in which coatees were worn, a tunic having been approved by the Queen in 1854.

Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Museum

Bicester

Title

An Officer of the 43rd (Monmouthshire) Light Infantry

Date

c.1840

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 75 x W 63 cm

Accession number

OBLI5446

Acquisition method

gift

Work type

Painting

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