Eighteenth-Century Items in British Museums

Officer's coat, 49th Regiment of Foot, 1770s, NAM

Dear Readers,

I am posting these images to give you a brief snapshot into some of the eighteenth-century collections in British Museums. Kabinettskriege will return, but for much of the summer, I will be overseas. I hope you are all doing well!

Foot Guard's Enlisted Coat, 1770s (?), NAM

Drummer's Coat, 1770s (?) NAM

Dragoon Officer's coat, 1750s, NAM

George II at Dettingen, NAM

Militia Grenadier's Cap, 1760s, NAM

Royal Horse Guards coat and waistcoat, 1790s

Guards Officer's coat, 1760s

Grenadier's Cap, 1770s

Foot Guards Enlisted coat, late 1780s

Miniature of a grenadier, 1760s, British Museum

Drum of the 6th Regiment of Foot, associated with the Jacobite Rebellions

Wall gun, Warwick Castle

Medal worn by David Dundas, Warwick Fusiliers Museum

Cavalry leather coat associated with the Battle of Blenheim, date unclear
Royal Armories, Leeds

Battle of Culloden, copy of work by Morier, targets associated with the Jacobite risings
Royal Armories, Leeds

Prussian (middle) and Austrian (bottom) muskets, 1770s
Royal Armories, Leeds

Various Shenanigans, early-to-mid 1700s
Royal Armories, Leeds

I still have roughly two and a half weeks in Britain, before I head to Northern Central Europe. Expect more pictures, and if you would like to write for the blog this summer, please contact me via the about the author page.

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Alex Burns