Watercolour showing the 78th Highlanders, by Orlando Norie

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Watercolour of the 78th Highlanders by Orlando Norie, c. 1870.

Norie's painting is a fanciful one designed to show the different orders of dress within the Regiment. Norie would have worked on this painting in his Aldershot studio, and would not have travelled with the 78th Highlanders on their campaigns.

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• Online ID: 000-000-100-234-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: The Thistle at War
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  M.1930.616
• Date: c. 1870
  
• Material: Paper
  Watercolour
  
• Dimensions: 320 mm H x 456 mm W
  
• What: Watercolour
  
• Subject: Fine Art - Paintings / History - Military
  
• Who: 78th Highlanders (British land forces)
  Orlando Norie (delineator)
  
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• Description: Watercolour showing the 78th Highlanders, by Orlando Norie, c. 1870.
  
• References:
  • Wood, Stephen The Scottish soldier. Manchester: Archive Publications with NMS, 1987 
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