Quarter Master Sergeant, Seaforth Highlanders, 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.

The Quartermaster Sergeant wears a black feather bonnet with a white plume above the regimental insignia on one side. His scarlet doublet has double inverness flaps at the front and rear which hang down below a white leather belt, and are decorated with buttons and braiding. The cuffs, collars and seams of the doublet are piped white with gold braiding.

Regimental insignia can also be seen on his collars, sporran cantle, belt clasp and plaid brooch. The collar badges are a pair, consisting of the cypher of the Duke of York over the Seaforth's motto, together with the elephant for the Battle of Assaye in 1803 (2nd Maratha War). He wears a tartan kilt with his fly plaid cast over his shoulder. The sporran has white and black horse hair. He holds his sword. The four chevrons on his lower right arm indicate his rank.

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