Trooper, 11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars, 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 trooper is wearing stable dress. This comprises a blue stable jacket with worsted yellow piping around the collar, and a crimson pillbox cap with a yellow band around it and a yellow lace design with button on top. He wears crimson pantaloons with a double yellow stripe down the outside seam, tucked into black riding boots with spurs attached. Two chevrons on his lower left sleeve indicate 6 years good conduct. He has a white leather pouch belt, and his sword hangs from the slings of a white leather sword belt.

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