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18th Century Material Culture The British Army

Fencibles, Militia & Irish Volunteers

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BritishFencibles

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“BEATING UP FOR FENCIBLES”by Robert Sayer

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“BEATING UP FOR RECRUITS”by Robert Sayer

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“BEATING up for RECRUITS”by Robert Sayer

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Cinque Ports Fencible Battalion

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Lieutenant Colonel Commandant The Honorable George Augustus North, Cinque Ports Fencible Battalionby George Romney c. 1779 - 1783

(Mount Holyoke College Art Museum)

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The Honorable George Augustus North, 3rd Earl of Guilford, 9th Baron Northby Nathaniel Dance - Holland

(Nigel Rhodes Fine Art)

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Fencible Men of Argyllshire

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Colonel Donald Campbell of the Regiment of Fencible Men of Argyllshireby David Martin 1785

(Christie’s Auction House)

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The Northern Fencibles

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The King’s ColourThe Northern or Gordon Fencibles 1778 - 1783

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Regimental ColourThe Northern or Gordon Fencibles 1778 - 1783

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GorgetThe Northern or Gordon Fencibles 1778 - 1783

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The South Fencibles

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Sir James Pringle of the South Fenciblesc. 1778 - 1783

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Colonel Henry, 3rd Duke, Buccleuch of the South Fencibles1780

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Officer of the South Fencibles1778

(Drumranlig Castle)

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Officer of the South Fencibles1778

(Drumranlig Castle)

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“Henry Duke of Buccleuch” of the South Fencibles1778

(Bill Hood Auctioneers)

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Corporal of the South Fencibles1778

(Drumranlig Castle)

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Corporal of the South Fencibles1778

(Drumranlig Castle)

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Corporal of the South Fencibles1778

(Drumranlig Castle)

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Light Infantry Man of the South Fencibles1778

(Drumranlig Castle)

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Light Infantry Man of the South Fencibles1778

(Drumranlig Castle)

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Thomas Currie, Ensign to the South Fencible RegimentUnknown Artist c. 1780

National Museums Scotland

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Officer’s CoatSouth Fencibles

Sized for the Duke of Buccleuch's Son c. 1778 - 1783

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The Sutherland Fencibles

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Captain Donald Matheson of Shinness, Sutherland Fenciblesby the Scottish School c. 1779 - 1783

(Scottish Court Service)

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UnknownFencibles

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Colonel “Everitt”Possible Fencible Officer

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The Berkshire Militia

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Major Joseph Andrews of Shaw of the Berkshire MilitiaEnglish School c. 1763

(West Berkshire Museum)

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The Cheshire Militia

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Portrait of a Young Officer in the Cheshire Militiaby Anonymous c. 1760

(Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum)

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Major Sir Richard Grosvenor, 7th Baronet, Royal Cheshire Militiaby Benjamin West 1760

(Chester Town Hall)

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Major Sir Richard Grosvenor, 7th Baronet, Royal Cheshire Militiaby William Dickinson after Benjamin West 1771

(The British Museum)

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TheCornwall Militia

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Unknown Officer of the Cornwall Militiaby Edward Penny c. 1760

(Sotheby’s)

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TheDevon Militia

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John Parker, 1st Earl Morley, as a Boy in the Uniform of the North Devon Militia by Daniel Gardner c. 1779 - 1781

(The National Trust)

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John Parker, 1st Earl Morley, as a Boy in the Uniform of the North Devon Militia by Daniel Gardner c. 1779 - 1781

(The National Trust)

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George Stucley possibly of the Devonshire Militiaby a Follower of George Romney c.1778 - 1782

(Bideford Town Council)

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John Wise Of Wonwell Possibly of the South Devonshire Militiaby John Opie c. 1781

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“Captain Coward”, Possibly of the South Devonshire Militiaby John Opie

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The Dorset Militia

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Colonel David Robert Michel of the Dorset Militiaby Thomas Gainsborough c. 1760

(Nigel Rhodes Fine Art Ltd)

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Lieutenant Sir Gerard Napier, Second Baronet, Dorsetshire Militiaby Thomas Gainsborough c. 1762

(Private Collection)

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Colonel George Pitt of the Dorset Militia by Thomas Gainsborough c. 1768

(Cleveland Museum of Art)

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Colonel George Pitt, First Lord Rivers of the Dorset Militiaby Thomas Beach c. 1780

(The Keep Military Museum, Dorchester, Dorset)

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Colonel George Pitt, First Lord Rivers of the Dorset Militiaby Thomas Gooch 1782

(Private Collection)

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Colonel George Pitt, First Lord Rivers of the Dorset Militiaby Thomas Gooch 1782

(Private Collection)

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Colonel George Pitt, First Lord Rivers of the Dorset Militiaby Thomas Gooch 1782

(Private Collection)

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Colonel George Pitt, First Lord Rivers of the Dorset Militiaby Thomas Gooch 1782

(Private Collection)

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TheDurham Militia

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Durham Militia Lieutenant Crosier Surtees of Redworth Hall near Newton AycliffeUnknown Artist c. 1759 - 1761

(DLI Museum and Durham Art Gallery)

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Grenadier Cap of the Durham MilitiaOwned by Lieutenant Crosier Surtees of Redworth Hall near Newton Aycliffe

(DLI Museum and Durham Art Gallery)

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Unknown Officer of the Durham Militiaby English School c. 1778

(DLI Museum and Durham Art Gallery)

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Deserter Advertisement: Durham MilitiaNewcastle Courant

17 July 1779

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TheEssex Militia

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Colonel John Bullock of the Essex Militia by Thomas Gainsborough c. 1780

(Christies)

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TheGlamorganshire Militia

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Lieutenant Colonel Sir Herbert Mackworth of the Glamorganshire Militia by Samuel Percy c. 1779

(Victoria & Albert Museum)

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Glamorganshire MilitiaPhilippe Jacques de Loutherbourg 1778

(Ann S.K. Brown Collection)

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TheHampshire Militia

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Lady & Sir Richard Worsley of the Hampshire Militiaby Sir Joshua Reynolds c. 1775

(Earl and Countess of Harewood, Harewood House, Yorkshire, UK)

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Lady Worsley by Sir Joshua Reynolds c. 1775

(Earl and Countess of Harewood, Harewood House, Yorkshire, UK)

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“Sir Richard Worse-than-sly, exposing his wifes bottom; o fye!”by James Gillray, Published by William Humphrey 1782

(The British Museum)

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“Sir Richard Worse-than-sly, exposing his wifes bottom; o fye!”by James Gillray, Published by William Humphrey 1782

(The British Museum)

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“Sir Richard Worse-than-sly, exposing his wifes bottom; o fye!”by James Gillray, Published by William Humphrey 1782

(The British Museum)

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“Sir Richard Worse-than-sly, exposing his wifes bottom; o fye!”by James Gillray, Published by William Humphrey 1782

(The British Museum)

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“Sir Richard Worse-than-sly, exposing his wifes bottom; o fye!”by James Gillray, Published by William Humphrey 1782

(The British Museum)

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“Maidstone Whim”by William Wells 1782(The British Museum)

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“Maidstone Whim”by William Wells 1782(The British Museum)

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“A BATH of the MODERNS”by Elizabeth Darchery 1782

(The British Museum)

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“ A Peep into LADY W!!!!! Y's Seraglio”by James Gillray, Published by William Humphrey 1782

(The British Museum)

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“ A Peep into LADY W!!!!! Y's Seraglio”by James Gillray, Published by William Humphrey 1782

(The British Museum)

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“Lady Worsley dressing in the Bathing House”by Anonymous 1782

(The British Museum)

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“ The Maidstone bath or the modern Susanna”Published by Ancient & Modern Print Warehouse 1782

(The British Museum)

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“ The Maidstone bath or the modern Susanna”Published by Ancient & Modern Print Warehouse 1782

(The British Museum)

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Frances, Lady Worsleyby Anonymous

(The British Museum)

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“The SHILLING or the Value of a P . . . y: C . . . . . . . . r’s Matrimonial Honor,”by Hannah Humphrey 1782

(Lewis Walpole Library)

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Hant’s Militia

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A Militia Band c. 1780

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The Jersey Militia

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Coat of the 4th Regiment (South Regiment) of the Jersey Militiac. 1784

(Musee de L'Emperi, in Salon-de-Provence)

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The Lincolnshire Militia

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Lt. Col. William Welby of Denton, 2nd or South Battalion, Lincolnshire Militia, High Sheriff of Lincolnby Edward Penny

(Christie’s Auction House)

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“The Votes of Compulsion or the Magpye Candidates”Westminster Ministerial Candidates Lord Hood (left) and Sir Cecil Wray of the Lincolnshire Militia

by William Holland 1784(The British Museum)

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The North Hampshire

Militia

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Lieutenant Colonel John Mordaunt Cope of the North Hampshire Militia c. 1760 - 1762

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TheNorfolk Militia

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Colonel George Townsend of the 1st Norfolk Militiaby J. McArdell c. 1760

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Colonel George Townsend of the 1st Norfolk Militiaby J. McArdell, published by Robert Sayer, after Thomas Hudson c. 1764

(The British Museum)

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Colonel George Townsend of the 1st Norfolk Militiaby Angelica Kaufmann c. 1770

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Militia Grenadier drawn by Colonel George Townsend of the 1st Norfolk Militiaby J. McArdell c. 1760

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Colonel Sir Armine Wodehouse, Fifth Baronet, MP, 2nd (or Eastern) Norfolk Militiaby David Morier 1759

(National Army Museum)

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Unknown Officer, Possibly Norfolk MilitiaStyle of Tilly Kettle c. 1759 - 1760

(The National Trust)

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Colonel Sir Armine Wodehouse, Fifth Baronet2nd Regiment of Norfolk Militia ( Eastern Norfolk Militia Regiment)

by Thomas Hickey 1773(National Gallery of Ireland)

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Major Money of the Norfolk Militiac. 1770s

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Captain William Ivory of the 2nd (or Eastern) Battalion of Norfolk Militiaby John Smart c. 1780

(Ipswich Museums Service)

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Unknown Officer of the Norfolk MilitiaEnglish School c. 1780 - 1783

(Royal Norfolk Regimental Museum)

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Plate, Norfolk Militia Manual

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Plate, Norfolk Militia Manual

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The Northern Fencibles

Gordon Highlanders

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The Zeughaus Coat - A Pre World War II Photograph

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The Zeughaus Coat - A Pre World War II Photograph

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The Zeughaus Coat - A Pre World War II Photograph

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The Zeughaus Coat - A Pre World War II Photograph

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TheNottinghamshire

Militia

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Sir Richard Sutton, First Baronet, M.P., possibly of the Nottinghamshire Militiaby a follower of John Singleton Copley c. 1778 - 1783

(Freeman’s Auction House)

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Captain George Nevile, Grenadier Company, Nottinghamshire Regiment of Militia,by British Schooly c. 1778

(Wicasset Antiques Center)

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“The Inspired Drum major of the N__shire Militia”by T. Smith 1772

(The British Museum)

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TheRoyal Lancashire

Militia

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Lieutenant Colonel Geoffrey Hornby, Royal Lancashire Militiaby the Circle of Sir Nathaniel Dance, R.A. c. 1777 - 1778

(Bonham’s Auction House)

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Uniform of Captain Thomas PlumbeRoyal Lancashire Militia c. 1760-1765

(King's Own Royal Regiment Museum, Lancaster)

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The Loyal Queen’s County Militia

Light Horse

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Coat - Penn Weekes and the Loyal Queen’s County Militia Light Horse1780

(Oyster Bay Historical Society)

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Coat - Penn Weekes and the Loyal Queen’s County Militia Light Horse1780

(Oyster Bay Historical Society)

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The Somersetshire

Militia

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Captain Alexander Popham of Monkton, Somerset , and Lincoln ’s Inn Fields, Middlesex, Somersetshire Militiaby Thomas Beach 1781

(Woolley & Wallis)

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TheSouth Gloucester

Militia

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Colonel Frederick Augustus Berkeley, Fifth Earl of Berkeley, South Gloucester Militia & Captain George Cranfield Berkely, Royal Navy, with the Countess of Granard. Lady Craven & Her Children by Ozias Humphry c. 1780

(Berkley Castle)

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Royal South Gloucestershire Militia Drilling on College Green, Gloucester Cathedral English School c. 1778

(Soldiers of Gloucestershire Museum)

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The Staffordshire

Militia

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Lt. Hall of the Staffordshire Militiaby John Downman (1750 - 1824)

(Christie’s)

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A Militia Officer and His Wife (Probably Lieutenant William Handley, Staffordshire Militia, and Jane Handley)by John Downman c. 1778 - 1781

(Private Collection)

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Captain Richard Whitworth, Esquire, of the Staffordshire Militiaby Thomas Hardy c. 1778

(Bonham’s)

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Captain Richard Whitworth, Esquire, of the Staffordshire Militiaby Thomas Hardy c. 1778

(Bonham’s)

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Captain Richard Whitworth, Esquire, of the Staffordshire Militiaby Thomas Hardy c. 1778

(Bonham’s)

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Captain Richard Whitworth, Esquire, of the Staffordshire Militiaby Robert Laurie after Thomas Hardy c. 1778

(Bonham’s)

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The West Kent

Militia

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Thomas Best of the West Kent Militia by Samuel Percy c. 1778 - 1780(Victoria & Albert Museum)

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West Kent Militia Hanger c. 1770

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West Kent Militia Hanger c. 1770

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The Westminster Volunteers

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“The Master of the Asses, or the Westminster Loyal Volunteers A Mews - ing themselves”by Matthew Darly 1779(The British Museum)

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The Actor Foote as Major of the Westminster MilitiaPublished by John Boydell, made by Johann Elias Hald, after Joseph Zofanny 1765

(The British Museum)

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TheWestmorland

Militia

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Brigadier General James Lowther, Cumberland and Westmorland Militiaby Richard Cosway c. 1778(Christie’s Auction House)

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“DEDICATED to the Newly Created EAR L of L O NSDALE”by Thomas Rowlandson 1784

(The British Museum)

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The West YorkshireMilitia

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2nd West Yorkshire Light Infantry Militia, Camp at Old Montague Houseby Samuel Hieronymus Grimm c. 1780

(The Royal Collection)

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The Wiltshire Militia Encamped at Winchester, Hampshire by English School c. 1760

(The Rifles - Berkshire & Wiltshire - Museum)

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2nd West Yorkshire Light Infantry Militia, Camp at Old Montague Houseby Samuel Hieronymus Grimm c. 1780

(The Royal Collection)

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The White Regimentof

Militia

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“Osmond Cooke Esqr. Lieutenant Colonel fo the White Regiment of Militia and Upper Marshal of the City of London”c. 1750

(The British Museum)

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TheWiltshire

Militia

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The Wiltshire Militia Encamped at Winchester, Hampshire by English School c. 1760

(The Rifles - Berkshire & Wiltshire - Museum)

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TheWorcestershire

Militia

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Thomas Shrawley Vernon & His Wife, Elizabeth, of the Worcestershire Militia Regimentby English School c. 1780

(The National Trust)

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Thomas Shrawley Vernon & His Wife, Elizabeth, of the Worcestershire Militia Regimentby English School c. 1780

(The National Trust)

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Worcester Militiaby Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg 1778

(Ann S.K. Brown Collection)

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TheYorkshire

Militia

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Colonel Sir Ralph Milbanke, Fifth Baronet, of the Yorkshire (North Riding) Militia by James Northcote 1784

(Yale Center for British Art)

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Colonel Sir Ralph Milbanke, Fifth Baronet, of the Yorkshire (North Riding) Militia by James Northcote 1784

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Colonel Sir Ralph Milbanke, Fifth Baronet, of the Yorkshire (North Riding) Militiaby James Northcote 1784

(Yale Center for British Art)

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TheSheriff of London

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Sir Barnard Turner (1742–1784), MP, Sheriff of Londonby Francis Wheatley 1783

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Sir Barnard Turner (1742–1784), MP, Sheriff of Londonby Francis Wheatley 1783

(The British Museum)

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Sir Barnard Turner (1742–1784), MP, Sheriff of London

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MiscellaneousBritish Militia

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A Militia Band c. 1780

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Unknown Grenadier Company Officer of Militia

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Unknown Officer of MilitiaUnknown Artist

(Formerly George Woodbridge Collection)

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Unknown Officer of Militiaby Joseph Blackburn c. 1773

(Oklahoma City Museum of Art)

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Unknown British Officer, Possibly Militia

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Portrait of an Officerby Edward Penny

(Christie’s Auction House)

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“THE CITY MILITIA RETURNING FROM MY LORD-MAYORS-SHEW.ADDRES’D TO THE HONBLE THE ARTILLERY COMP.Y’ 1771

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“THE CITY MILITIA RETURNING FROM MY LORD-MAYORS-SHEW.ADDRES’D TO THE HONBLE THE ARTILLERY COMP.Y’ 1771

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“A March of the Train Bands”Mathew Darly 1777

(Lewis Walpole Library)

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City Militiaby John Nixon 1789

(The British Museum)

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“Militia men” by William Henry Bunbury c. 1780

(Ann S.K. Brown Collection)

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“The victorious return of the City militia, after storming the Dunghill at Bunhill Fields, and obliging the garrison to surrender at discretion” by Carington Bowles 1772

(The British Museum)

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“JOHN DOW SOLDIER of the CITY=GUARD EDIN.R And faithfully he toond his Glass of Whisky was his hirn ay” by Isaac Cruikshank 1784

(The British Museum)

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“ADVANCE THREE STEPS BACKWARDS, OR THE MILITIA HEROES”Published by M. Darley c. 1778 - 1780

(The British Museum)

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“ADVANCE THREE STEPS BACKWARDS, OR THE MILITIA HEROES”Published by M. Darley c. 1778 - 1780

(The British Museum)

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“ADVANCE THREE STEPS BACKWARDS, OR THE MILITIA HEROES”by M. Darly 1779

(European Political Print Collection - American Antiquarian Society)

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“THE TIGER MACARONI, OR TWNEY MORE, KILL ‘EM”"Pubd. by MDarly accord. to Act Decr. 1st 1771 (39 Strand)"

(The British Museum)

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“The CHYMICAL MACARONI - Capt LUDGATE”Published by Garnett Terry 1772

(The British Museum)

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“BALAAM,---or the MAJESTY of the PEOPLE.”The Officer States: "I am an Independent Country Gentleman & Coll of Militia"

Published by William Humphrey, by James Gillray 1783(The British Museum)

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“The Parade Macaroni / Caricatures, Macaronies & Characters by sundry ladies gentlemen artists &c,” by MDarly, No.39 Strand 1772

(The British Museum)

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British Militia Officer and N.C.O.by Eliza B. Galston 1772

(Ann S.K. Brown Collection)

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“A MILITIA MEETING.”by James Bretherton 1773(Lewis Walpole Library)

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“HE LEADS THE -VAN-AGAIN” A Caricature of Thomas Vanhagen who held a Commission in the London Trained Bands or City Militia

by M. Darly 1780(The British Museum)

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by Robert Sayer

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“British Militia Coatee”c. 1788

(German Museum)

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TheIrish Volunteers

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“The Right Honorable James Caulfield, Earl of Charlemont of the Kingdom of Ireland, Head of the Volunteers”As a Younger Man in Civilian Clothing) after William Hogarth 1782

(Metropolitan Museum of Art)

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The Right Honorable James Caulfield, Earl of Charlemont of the Kingdom of Ireland, Head of the Volunteersby “JDG” after Richard Livesay

(National Portrait Gallery)

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The Right Honorable Earl of Charlemontby John Dean after Richard Livesay 1785

(The British Museum)

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Captain Nicholas Gay of the Fartullagh Rangers (Irish Volunteers)by Anglo - Irish School c. 1779 - 1782

(National Museums Northern Ireland)

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Lieutenant Hugh Hyndman, 3rd Belftast Volunteer Company under Capt. John Brownby Joseph Wilson c. 1782

(National Museums of Northern Ireland)

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Henry Grattan by Francis Wheatley c. 1780(National Portrait Gallery)

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Henry Grattan by Valentine Green after Francis Wheatley c. 1780

(The Fitzwilliam Museum)

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Unknown Officer of the Irish Volunteers

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Coat of the Irish Volunteers1778

(James Kochan)

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Wedgwood Transfer Pitcher Depicting the Death of Genral Wolfe“Success to the Independent Volunteer Societies of the Kingdom of Ireland”

Jno. Given Farloe c. 1780(Christie’s Auction House)

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Wedgwood Transfer Pitcher Depicting the Death of Genral Wolfe“Success to the Independent Volunteer Societies of the Kingdom of Ireland”

Jno. Given Farloe c. 1780(Christie’s Auction House)

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Wedgwood Transfer Pitcher Depicting the Death of Genral Wolfe“Success to the Independent Volunteer Societies of the Kingdom of Ireland”

Jno. Given Farloe c. 1780(Christie’s Auction House)

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Quilt Detail - Rank & File of the Irish Volunteer Regiment of 1782(Ulster Museum - Photograph Courtesy of the Museum of the American Revolution)

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Quilt Detail - Rank & File of the Irish Volunteer Regiment of 1782(Ulster Museum - Photograph Courtesy of the Museum of the American Revolution)

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“A PARLIAMENTARY REFORM OR ELSE”Engraved Silver Badge Depicting a Soldier of the Irish Volunteers c. 1780 - 1782

(Ulster Museum - Photograph Courtesy of the Museum of the American Revolution)

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The Dublin Volunteers on College Green, 4th November 1779 by Francis Wheatley

(National Gallery of Ireland)

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The Dublin Volunteers on College Green, 4th November 1779 by Francis Wheatley

(National Gallery of Ireland)

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The Dublin Volunteers on College Green, 4th November 1779 by Francis Wheatley

(National Gallery of Ireland)

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The Dublin Volunteers on College Green, 4th November 1779 by Francis Wheatley

(National Gallery of Ireland)

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The Dublin Volunteers on College Green, 4th November 1779 by Francis Wheatley

(National Gallery of Ireland)

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The Dublin Volunteers on College Green, 4th November 1779 by Francis Wheatley

(National Gallery of Ireland)

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The Dublin Volunteers on College Green, 4th November 1779 by Francis Wheatley

(National Gallery of Ireland)

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The Dublin Volunteers on College Green, 4th November 1779 after Francis Wheatley

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Drum of the Belfast Volunteers(Ulster Museum)

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John Kennedy of Cultra possibly of the Irish Volunteersby Anglo - Irish School c. 1783

(National Museums of Northern Ireland)

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Officer, Dublin Volunteers (Possibly Colonel William Robert Fitzgerald, Second Duke of Leinster )hy Charles Robertson c. 1780

(Bonham’s)

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Unknown Flank Company Officer (Possibly from an Irish Volunteers Corps)by British School c. 178o

(Lawrence Gould Antiques)

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William Robert Fitzgerald, 2nd Duke of LeinsterDublin Volunteers 1782

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Reverend William Bruce, DD, in the Uniform of an Irish Volunteerby Joseph Wilson c. 1779 - 1783

(National Museums of Northern Ireland)

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Unknown Officer of the Lurgan Volunteersby Strickland Lowry 1780

(National Museums of Northern Ireland)

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“LEINSTER HOUSE in DUBLIN”Published by John Walter, by Thomas Milton after John James Barralet 1783

(The British Museum)

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“LEINSTER HOUSE in DUBLIN”Published by John Walter, by Thomas Milton after John James Barralet 1783

(The British Museum)

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The Earl of Aldborough Reviewing Volunteers at Belan House, County Kildareby Francis Wheatley c. 1782 (With alterations in 1787 and 1810)

(The National Trust)

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Captain Waddell Cunningham of the 1st Belfast Volunteer Companyby Robert Holmes c. 1786

(National Museums of Northern Ireland)

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“The Church Militant - I am Going to BRISTOL / Heigh! DERRY Hi!”by Anonymous 1784

(The British Museum)

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“BETHNAL - GREEN COMPANY OF IRISH IMPRESST VOLUNTEERS”after Robert Wilson c. 1777 - 1779

(The British Museum)

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Irish silver gorget of the County Limerick Fencible Volunteersc. 1780

(Peter Finer)

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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.

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Acknowledgements

The material contained within these slideshows is presented for educational purposes only. The 18th Century Material Culture Resource Center does not personally own any of the items depicted herein and is indebted to the countless museums, libraries, and private collectors who willingly share their collections with the public through the internet. Every attempt has been made to credit these organizations and individuals for their contributions as best as possible.

If there is a question you have regarding a particular item featured within a presentation, please contact the 18th Century Material Culture Resource Center and we will try to answer your inquiry as best as possible. If for any reason you feel there is any item that should not be presented here, or if there is an error in any listing, or if you know the source for any item whose credit is unknown, please inform us and we will make sure your concern is addressed as soon as possible.

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- The 18th Century Material Culture Resource Center


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