Riding Master, 17th (Duke of Cambridge's Own) Lancers, 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 riding master is pictured wearing stable dress. His pillbox forage cap is blue with a gold lace band and cross braid over the top. His stable jacket is dark blue with white facings: collar and pointed cuffs, edged with gold lace. Wide gold lace can also be seen running down the front of his jacket and along the bottom edge. A service ribbon can be seen on the jacket.

He wears dark blue pantaloons with a double stripe of facing colour (white) down the outside seam, tucked into black riding boots with spurs attached. He holds a riding crop.

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