18th Century Material Culture

The British Army

The British Soldier in India

The British Soldier

in
India

Lieutenant William Davy of the Bengal Army

by John Smart 1775
(Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art)

Colonel Thomas Fitzgerald, Madras Infantry

by Thomas Hickey c. 1770
(Christies)

Sir Robert Fletcher

by Sir Joshua Reynolds
(Christies)

Sir Robert Fletcher

after Sir Joshua Reynolds by W. Dickinson 1774
(Fitzwilliam Museum)

Sir Robert Fletcher

after Sir Joshua Reynolds by W. Dickinson 1774
(The British Museum)

Captain John Foote

by Sir Joshua Reynolds 1761
(City of York Art Gallery)

Captain John Foote

c. 1761

Colonel John Fortnom with His Wife, Jane, and Children

by Tilley Kettle
(Bonham Auction House)

Infantry Ocer, Bengal Army

by Tilley Kettle 1773
(Walters Art Museum)

Cadet or Ensign James Achilles Kirkpatrick of the Madras Army

by Nahaniel Hone 1780
(Stair Auctioneers)

Sir Hector Munro

byDavid Martin c. 1785
(National Portrait Library)

Captain Robert Stewart of St. Fort Fife

by Tilly Kettle
(Bonhams Auction House)

A Sta Ocer of the East India Company

c. 1768 - 1777

An Infantry Ocer of the Honourable East India Company

by John Thomas Seton c. 1779
(Christies Auction House)

Unknown Infantry Ocer, Honorable East India Company Armies

Circle of Thomas Hickey c. 1785
(Christies)

Unknown Ocer of the East India Company

An Unknown Ocer of the East India Company

by Tilly Kettle c. 1770
(Philip Mould Ltd.)

British East India Company flag from Flag Chart published by B. Lens c. 1700 & Ships 1685

Painting of Sir John Dalling and His Fellow Ocers Warching a Nautch
Painted in Madras c. 1785 - 1786
(The British Museum)

Captain W.S. Dawe of the Indian Infantry

by John Smart 1787
(Victoria & Albert)

John Addison Tiger Hunting

by Arthur William Davis c. 1784-1795
(Harris Museum and Art Gallery)

George Carter of the Sepoy Regiment with His Syce & Drummer
by George Carter 1786
(National Trust)

European Ocer of a Madras Sepoy Regiment

(Possibly Captain Matthias Calvert, 14th Battalion of Coast Sepoys) c. 1769
(National Army Museum)

SEAPOYS. of the 3 Battalion at Bombay

Alexander Davidson, Governor of Madras

by Tilly Kettle 1770
(Christ Church, University of Oxford)

Acknowledgements
The 18th Century Material Culture
Resource Center greatly acknowledges
our friend and colleague, Dr. Gregory
Urwin of Temple University, for his
exemplary series Redcoat Images.
Having had the honor to work with
Dr. Urwin and personally contribute to
his series in the past, we are pleased to
showcase some of the images that he
has featured in this slideshow. We are
also eternally grateful to our many other
friends and colleagues who have also
shared with us their images of the
British Soldier over the years.

Acknowledgements
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