An Officer of the Life Guards, 1815 (c)

Oil on board attributed to George Jones (1786-1869), 1815.

The unknown subject wears the helmet and service jacket worn during the Waterloo campaign (1815). Both the 1st and 2nd Life Guards were part of Lord Somerset's Household Brigade during the latter campaign and took part in the famous charge against Marshal D'Erlon's Corps before being subjected to a severe mauling by French lancers and cuirassiers.