Four drawings of a Bass Drummer, Drummer, Pioneer and Infantryman
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Four drawings of a Bass Drummer, Drummer, Pioneer and Infantryman. Inscribed on back: ‘Costumes. Enclosure in Letter from Major Taylor to Mr. Secretary Norris dated 14th October 1830. Recd. from the Foreign Office 16th May 1833.’
Three sepoy musicians playing fife, drum and cymbals.
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Three sepoy musicians playing fife, drum and cymbals. They wear blue coats with red facings, breeches and tall blue caps in Grenadier fashion. Water-colour; 105 by 180 mm.
Four sepoys with temples in the distance. All are wearing Madras Native Infantry uniform of red coats with yellow facings, and shorts almost to the knee Inscribed on opposite page: ‘a Guard’. Water-colour; 105 by 180 mm.
A sepoy (lascar) before a cannon and a civilian, a fort beyond.
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A sepoy (lascar) before a cannon and a civilian, a fort beyond. The wears the blue coat with red facings of the Madras Native Artillery, established 1784. Lascar has the meaning of artillery man Inscribed on opposite page: ‘Lasca Sentinel’. Water-colour; 105 by 180 mm.
A sepoy bowing to a sepoy officer, a temple beyond.
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A sepoy bowing to a sepoy officer, a temple beyond. The sepoy oddly wears a dhoti rather than shorts. Inscribed on opposite page: ‘A Commissioned Native Officer receiving a Compliment.’. Water-colour; 105 by 180 mm.
A sowar on a horse, with a musket. The sowar is wearing the red coat with green facings, breeches and boots, of the Madras Native cavalry, possibly the Rd (raised 1784, renumbered 2nd in 1788). Inscribed on opposite page: ‘Orderly a Trooper.’. Water-colour; 105 by 180 mm.