[The Recruiting Sergeant] 1862
oil on canvas
The recruiting sergeant (actually a corporal) is wearing the insignia of the 75th Regiment, formed to fight in the Indian Mutiny 1857/8. The scene is set opposite St Mary's Church in Thorpe, Surrey (where he lived at the time). Recruiting was typically done outside public houses.
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1854 - 1878.
Carrick belonged to the Hogarth Club which had sympathy with the Pre-Raphaelites.
2 comments:
He is a Sergeant! The single stripe with a Union Jack over it on his sleeve was the rank badge of a Colour Sergeant in the mid-Victorian period.
Thanks. I thought so too but the commentary I had said he was a Corporal. I must look into this further. Appreciate your observation.
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