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Watercolour of two soldiers of the Régiment d'Ogilvy, with regimental colours

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Watercolour of two soldiers of the Régiment d'Ogilvy, with regimental colours

Watercolour of two soldiers of the Régiment d'Ogilvy in camp, with the regimental colours, 1757. The painting is a copy of one held in the Musée de l'Armée, Paris.

The colours of the regiment are shown: the white Royal colour of the French king, and the Scottish national colour of St Andrew, both with similar decoration.

The regiment was raised in France on 28 February 1747, forming a part of the French Army and officered by exiled Jacobites. The Colonel was David Ogilvy, Earl of Airlie. The regiment was disbanded in 1762 at the end of the Seven Years' War between Great Britain and France.


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Online ID: 000-000-100-248-C
Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
Project: 0207: The Thistle at War
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Ref: National Museums Scotland  M.1932.901
Date: 1757
Material: Paper
Dimensions: 543 mm H x 372 mm W
What: Watercolour
Subject: Fine Art - Paintings / History - Military
Who: French Army
Ogilvy's Regiment
Régiment d'Ogilvie
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Description: Watercolour of two soldiers of the Régiment d'Ogilvy, with regimental colours, 1757.
References:
  • McCorry, Helen (ed.) The thistle at war: an anthology of the Scottish experience of war, in the services and at home. Edinburgh, NMS, 1997 
  • Wood, Stephen The Auld Alliance: Scotland and France, the military connection. Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing in conjunction with the Mona Bismarck Foundation, 1989 
  • Chartrand, René. Louis XV's Army (3) Foreign Infantry and Artillery. London: Osprey, 1997
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