I put up a new heading picture to my blog. I think it is much more appropriate to the blogs title. This is just one plate of a multi plate watercolor panorama of Boston done by Lieutenant Richard Williams of the 23rd Regiment Royal Welch Fusiliers. He mentioned in his journal sitting stop a hill in Boston to paint this. In one plate there is a fusilier on guard duty. He is identified by his cap, the blue facings on his coat, no shoulder wings and the three feathers of the Prince of Wales on his cartridge box and rear of his cap. All of which are very clear in the original works.
A full size copy of the entire panorama is on display at the Battle Road Visitor Center, Minute Man National Historical Park, Lincoln, Massachusetts. For additional information please see my article concerning the Fusilier and his uniform.
Nichipor, Mark A. "Richard Williams and the Cartridge box badge of the Royal Welch Fusiliers."
Military Color for and Historian, 37 (summer 1985), pp. 93-94.
It's good to have a change every so often Mark although I did really like your previous panoramic battle scene. The new picture is more subdued...I wonder what time of year it was when the painting were done...
ReplyDeleteIt was done during the summer of 1775. There are four other panels which gives a interesting view of Boston and the surrounding countryside.
ReplyDeleteI will keep the two battles that I had here before (Blandensburg and Princeton) and rotate the three. If only someone would do Lt.Col.Webster at Guilford Courthouse.