gentlemaninkhaki:Royal Navy, Captain’s Full Dress, 1795-1812. As century progressed, the coat lapels
gentlemaninkhaki:Royal Navy, Captain’s Full Dress, 1795-1812. As century progressed, the coat lapels became shorter and were cut straight, rather than curved, and the skirts more sharply angled from the waist.Pictured:1. A Full Dress Coat of a Senior Captain, belonging to Alexander Hood.2. The Back of the Coat, showing the old-fashioned three-pointed pocket flaps.3. Detail of Epaulettes. Captains of three years seniority wore two plain gold epaulettes, junior captains wore one on the right shoulder, and commanders wore one on the left.4. Sir Charles Hamilton by William Beechey, c. 18005. Peter Parker by John Hopner, c. 1809-18106. James Newman-Newman by Archer James Oliver, c. 1801, wearing a non-regulation double-breasted waistcoat.7. Peter Rainer by Thomas Hickey, 1806, this painting, and following one of Blackwood, show the sitter wearing the coat lapels buttoned over, leaving the top and bottoms open to expose the shirt frill and the waistcoat. 8. Henry Blackwood by John Hoppner, 1806Sources:Phillip Haythornthwaite, Nelson’s Navy (Oxford: Osprey, 1993)Dudley Jarret, British Naval Dress (London: J.M. Dent and Sons, 1960) -- source link