MilitaryHeritage.com has pictures of the replica uniform they made,
General Braddock, Foot Guards 1755 on this page:
http://www.militaryheritage.com/pastprojects.htm
I also found this wiki page while browsing, with a fairly substantial
list of references near the bottom that might be useful:
http://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=British_Army
Regards,
-- Chris
On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 2:47 PM, REBECCA BURCH ctrvlyf...@sbcglobal.net wrote:
I don't remember who was looking for this information, but I happened to
mention this to my soon-to-be nephew who is getting his Doctorate in History
in this time frame (don't ask, I have no idea).
At any rate, he sent me this info to pass on:
Here are a couple of resources that might be helpful to you.
http://www.militaryheritage.com/
This company supplies all sorts of replica weaponry, uniforms, accoutrements
for a number of different periods including the Seven Years'/French and
Indian War. They've also got supplies of 24 oz/yard wool for $18.95 a metre.
In 2005, there was a 250th anniversary commemoration of Braddock's march
which included a living history event at Carlyle House museum in Alexandria,
Virginia, pictures from which, including details of the re-enactor playing
Braddock's uniform, can be found here:
http://www.fortedwards.org/braddock/article/grndasmb.htm
I'm not sure whether they do this event every year, or whether it was a
one-time thing. Regardless, you could probably contact the museum, as I'm
sure they would have information, if not on the uniform specifically, at very
least contact information for the re-enactor:
Carlyle House Historic Park
121 N. Fairfax Street
Alexandria VA 22314
(703) 549-2997
As for the colour of Braddock's trousers, I'm not sure.
The original painting George Washington During the French and Indian War by
Junius Brutus Stearns, ca. 1849-1856, at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
portrays Braddock in a plain red coat with yellow fronting and buff trousers,
but a hand-coloured lithograph of the same painting held by the Museum of
Fort Ticonderoga depicts Braddock in a blue coat with cream fronting, a
burgundy sash and white trousers.
There are a number of other paintings that I found, but none in colour that
were earlier than the Stearns painting, and at 100 years after the fact it
can hardly be considered authoritative. If the Coldstream Guards portraits
indicate white trousers (and that's what he's already got) I would go with
that.
I think that's about as much help as I can be at the moment, but if anything
else comes to mind I'll send it along.
---
If he comes up with anything, I will let you know.
Rebecca Burch
Center Valley Farm
Duncan Falls, Ohio, USA
The only twelve steps I'm interested in are the ones between the flat folds
and the brocades. --Anonymous Costumer--
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