
A watercolour silhouette of an officer in a red coat with gold epaulette, navy blue facings and bicorn hat with plume. The silhouette painter John Buncombe had a studio in the High Street, Newport, Isle of Wight. His portraits were in great demand from army officers during the period of the Napoleonic wars.

A watercolour silhouette of an officer in the West Cowes Volunteer Artillery. Four officers are listed in the 1803 volunteer list. The officer's surnames are Ward, Lydiard, Knell and Hart. It has also been suggested that this officer may have been a member of the Urry family. The silhouette painter John Buncombe had a studio in the High Street, Newport, Isle of Wight. His portraits were in great demand from army officers during the period of the Napoleonic wars.

A watercolour silhouette of an officer in a blue coat with black collar, white cross belt with regimental insignia, and a bearskin hat. The silhouette painter John Buncombe had a studio in the High Street, Newport, Isle of Wight. His portraits were in great demand from army officers during the period of the Napoleonic wars.