Rifle Brigade - A Napoleonic Period Officer of the 95th Rifles, 1925
Rifle Brigade - A Napoleonic Period Officer of the 95th Rifles, 1925
Rifle Brigade - A Napoleonic Period Officer of the 95th Rifles, 1925
Rifle Brigade - A Napoleonic Period Officer of the 95th Rifles, 1925
Rifle Brigade - A Napoleonic Period Officer of the 95th Rifles, 1925
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Rifle Brigade - A Napoleonic Period Officer of the 95th Rifles, 1925

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Height overall: 36cm (14.2in)

Provenance: M.G Kerr

Patinated bronze. Standing figure of an officer of the 95th Rifles in the uniform of 1800, comprising Tarleton helmet, light dragoon style jacket and tight fitting pantaloons. Signed ‘J. Tweed / 1925’ to the integral bronze base, the front impressed ‘1800’ in which year the corps of riflemen was raised, the whole mounted on a square verde antico marble base applied with a silvered plaque inscribed ‘Misdirection / The Rifle Brigade Light Weight Race March 15th 1933’ Height of bronze: 28.5cm (11.2in). The 1933 Rifle Brigade Point-to-Point was held jointly with the Lamerton Hunt at Kilworthy, near Tavistock. The winner of the present trophy was one Mr. M.G. Kerr of Sir W. W. Wynn’s Hounds.

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