Uniform for British 73rd Regiment 1813-14

[Terry37]

Does anyone have a picture of the uniform for the British 73rd Regiment in the 1813-14 time period? I assume it is standard British of the time, but would really like to see a picture of it. I know they wore green facings, but not sure which shade of green?

Thanks for any help here,

Terry

[Severian]

Slightly later, but plate 14 in the old Blandford Uniforms of Waterloo has a rear view of a private of the 73rd's grenadier company. Standard uniform, dark green facings, officers' lace gold. The notes to the plate (p.115) remark that "The 73rd (Highland) Regiment, in spite of its title, was uniformed as a line regiment."

[Terry37]

Thanks Severian, I actually have that book and did not think to look there!!! You have answered my questions excellently!

Terry

[Baron von Wreckedoften]

One of the Highland regiments de-kilted in 1809, but anachronistically re-kilted by Henri Felix Philippoteaux in his well-known 1874 painting The Battle of Waterloo: The British Squares Receiving the Charge of the French Cuirassiers recording an incident where the 73rd formed a combined square with the 30th due to the heavy losses suffered by both regiments at Quatre Bras (he also forgot to record that the 30th were wearing white trousers).

[George1863]

Funcken vol. 1 gives dark green (with gold lace). He tends to mean by that, elsewhere, what might be called rifle green.

[Aethelflaeda was framed]

Shades of green were hardly standardized, even within the coats of the same unit.  The dye lots from one allotment of uniform may well have been visibly different from another.  Don’t sweat it.