"The Uniform of the Several Regiments of Foot": the DAG's Uniform Book of 1771 (36th-70th Regiments)

Dear Reader,

Today, we have  the second part of a collection of soldier images recently acquired  by the Society of the Cincinnati Library.  You can find the first half of the collection here. While these images are printed, and colored in a formulaic way based upon the Royal Warrant of 1768, they do shed light on three important issues. First, different regiments have differing numbers of lace-loops, and those lace loops are arranged in a different fashion. Second, the grenadiers have differing patterns of lace on their shoulders, which are not identical between regiments. Third, the swords carried by the grenadiers have colored different hilts between regiments. So while these images do not represent troops serving in combat, or theater-specific uniform adaptations, they are not without value.

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Alex Burns