Author: Robert French McNairPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Flags
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
The Colours of the British Army ...
Author: Robert French McNairPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Flags
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
British Army Uniforms in Color
Author: Peter HarringtonPublisher: Schiffer Pub Limited
ISBN: 9780764313028
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
Gale and Polden's postcards of British uniforms are now widely collected but little is known about the artists and few of their original paintings have survived. Now over 130 of these rare works by artists such as Harry Payne, Edgar A. Holloway, John McNeill, and Ernest Ibbetson are reproduced here for the first time in full colour with background information as to how the pictures were created. This book is a useful reference for postcard collectors, miniature modelers, as well as collectors and scholars of early twentieth century British uniforms.
Queen Victoria's Army in Color
Author: Peter HarringtonPublisher: Schiffer Publishing
ISBN: 9780764317767
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Orlando Norie is considered to have been one of the foremost illustrators of the British army in the 19th century, with thousands of watercolors to his credit in public and private collections. His pictures are highly sought after and command high prices. Yet his life remained a mystery that is only now being uncovered. Many of these wonderful pictures are revealed here for the first time. The Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection in Brown University Library, Providence, Rhode Island, USA, possesses one of the largest, if not the largest public collection of original military watercolors by Orlando Norie. The pictures in the Brown military collection range from single figure uniform studies or composites, to genre and battle scenes and at least one named portrait. These are published as a group for the first time along with Michel Tomaseks masterful account of Nories life, including comments on the artists British pictures by Peter Harrington.
The Soul of a Regiment
Author: Talbot MundyBritish Army Uniforms from 1751 to 1783
Author: Carl FranklinPublisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1783461403
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 548
Book Description
“Of great use to anyone interested in the 18th century British Army as well as illustrators and others who need detailed information.”—Classic Arms and Militaria Based on records and paintings of the time, this book identifies each cavalry and infantry regiment and illustrates changes in uniforms, their facing colors, and the nature and shape of lace worn by officers, NCOs and private soldiers from 1751 to 1783. Regiments that served in the American War of Independence are noted and the book includes more than 200 full-color plates of uniforms and distinctions. Divided into four sections, it not only details the cavalry and infantry uniforms of the period but also the tartans of the Highland regiments, some of which were short-lived, and the distinction of the Guards regiments. “A superb reference work, full of clearly researched details…it will be of value to family and military historians, re-enactors, figure painters, and wargamers.”—FGS Forum
The Flags of Our Fighting Army
Author: Stanley Currie JohnsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Commonwealth countries
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Soldiers' Accoutrements of the British Army 1750-1900
Author: Pierre TurnerPublisher: Crowood Press UK
ISBN: 9781861268839
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Eighty-four full-color plates depict a wide range of the accoutrements and equipment of the ordinary soldier serving in the cavalry, infantry and artillery of the British Army between 1750 and 1900. Accoutrements include everything that is worn by a soldier that is neither his main uniform nor a weapon. This book features all the various types of accoutrements including: sword and bayonet belts, waist belts, pouches, water bottles, haversacks, mess tins, knapsacks, sabretaches, sword knots, musket and rifle slings, intrenching tools and the valise equipments of 1870, 1882 and 1888. Each page shows one accoutrement from all angles and there is a short historical description. All are drawn from actual surviving specimens and all are provided with a scale.
The Autobiography of Sergeant William Lawrence
Author: William LawrencePublisher:
ISBN: 1406852767
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Memoirs of Sergeant William Lawrence, a hero of the Peninsula and Waterloo campaigns, published posthumously in 1886 and edited by George Nugent Bankes.
British Army Uniforms & Insignia of World War Two
Author: Brian Leigh DavisPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
British Army Cap Badges of the Twentieth Century
Author: Arthur WardPublisher: Crowood Press UK
ISBN: 9781861269614
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Items connected with the British military have always been extremely popular with collectors, and the intricate and beautiful badges made to denote a soldier's regiment have always been keenly collected, due to their small size, high quality and the fascinating stories of military derring-do that lie behind each one. The British army cap badge really came into being around the turn of the twentieth century, with large badges intended for the blue cloth helmets then in use. Later badges became smaller, and materials changed, as headgear became smaller, and new manufacturing techniques took away the laborious daily cleaning that was a part of every soldier's routine for most of the century. With every regiment having numerous variations of badge, this is a field of collecting that will yield rewards for the collector. With the aid of nearly 200 specially taken color photographs, Arthur Ward offers a complete introduction to this topic.