Adrian wondered at the Harvey styling of
the figure - particularly the bearskin, while I had mused on the possibility
the figure may have lost a drum. As you can see both are slightly red herrings
. . . or scarlet! Not least that - as Chris pointed out - the giardsmen are marching, but also there is some texture to the bearskin, if anything it's now
looking more Herald Hong Kong (but I
suspect further comparisons would reveal them to be smaller all round), his
posing is more 'At Ease' than drumming and he therefore remains a mystery?
Compared with various figures of the earlier
period, he's not a direct copy of any of them, although the coat-tails and bayonet-frog (hidden by paint on all three figures) is close to the Long Star
chaps to his left . . . as are the shoulder-blades and back sculpt in general?
Anyone got any ideas yet? Not ringing a
bell . . . ah! Bell, they're believed
to have issued composition!??
2 comments:
Just wondered if the chap was holding a staff/sceptre-like thing that the officer at the head of a procession carries?
That's not a bad 'just wonder' Andy, it would have had a triangular filled-in 'undercut' maybe?
Cheers for that,
H
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