Saturday, 24 May 2014

Sandby redcoat c1760 in colour

Paul Sandby on Tumblr
Image on the Royal Collection site 
 Thanks to Thomas Payton for the second image.

1 comment:

  1. Dear Somerset,
    It just occurred to me that the contemporary pictures of soldiers show them in relaxed, slouching postures while modern pictures show them in action or at attention. Curious, what?

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