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Oil on canvas mounted on masonite ; 50 x 39 3/4 inches (127 x 101 cm). Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT.
Oil on canvas mounted on masonite ; 50 x 39 3/4 inches (127 x 101 cm). Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT.
The British red coat (which gave the British soldiers the soubriquet of lobsterback
) had been instituted in 1660 and was not to leave the battlefield until 1882. It was the national corporate logo,
and arrayed beneath it were subordinate brands — the regiments with their facing colors (the contrast color of the lapel and cuff), connected to the mother brand but differentiated.