'Levie dress', Egyptian Army, 1895

Watercolour over pencil by Brigadier General Francis John Pink (1857-1934), The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment), 1885.

Annotated uniform study of an officer attached to the Egyptian Army in levee dress.

Brigadier General Francis John Pink was born on 19 November 1857. He served with the Royal Warwickshire Militia before joining the Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) in 1878. He served in the 2nd Afghan War (1878-1880) and in Burma (1886-1889) and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order.

Pink served in the 2nd Sudan War (1896-1899), commanding Egyptian troops at the Battles of Atbara and Omdurman in 1898. He returned to the Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment), commanding the 2nd Battalion during the Boer War (1899-1902) from November 1900 to May 1902. Pink was made a Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George in 1904. Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel, Pink commanded the 1st Battalion, Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) in India from 1905 to 1909. He was promoted to Colonel in 1909 and was invested as a Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath.

Pink returned to the Egyptian Army in 1909 and was appointed General Officer Commanding Khartoum District. He served in the United Kingdom from 1910 until his retirement from the Army in 1916. He died in 1934.