Officers, 2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards, 1895 (c)

Glass negative, W Gregory and Company, 51 Strand, London, 1895 (c).

This image comes from a collection of glass plate negatives associated with William Gregory and Company. The negatives depict the British Army, including some members of the colonial forces, 'at home' in Britain during the 1890s.

As well as being intimate portraits of soldiers from this era, the images provide detailed illustrations of uniforms worn during the high point of military tailoring.

The five officers are pictured wearing dark blue patrol jackets and trousers. The equally spaced buttons of the jackets and the distinctive grenade badge on their collars identify them as Grenadier Guards. Their white belts have regimental insignia on the clasp and they hold white foreign service helmets with the chin-chain draped across the front and hooked up on the right side. They wear white gloves and their swords are attached to their belts. The seated officer appears to be a captain, with the other likely to be lieutenants.

One of a collection of 280 glass negatives, associated with W Gregory and Company, London, and F G O Stuart, 1892 (c)-1900.