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1998.127.142
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ALLIED REGIMENTS OF THE BRITISH ARMY
RÉGIMENTS ALLIÉS DE L'ARMÉE BRITANNIQUE
The Seaforth Highlanders in Drill Order
The Seaforth Highlanders in Drill Order. The soldiers are wearing white shell jackets. Painted by Harry Payne. Tuck # 9885. This is believed to be the 2nd Battalion Seaforth Highlanders at Shorncliffe, Fort George or Edinburgh.
The Seaforth Highlanders, In Drill Order, Three Men In Uniform. This postcard's artwork shows a respectful scene of two (three) Seaforth Highlanders standing at attention with another Seaforth Highlander standing in front of them - all are in uniform and there is a large building (barracks) in the background. Two of them have rifles which are at the trail arms position.
This postcard's artwork is signed by Harry Payne in the lower right corner of the front. 'THE SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS' is printed in the upper-right area of the front. 'In Drill order' is printed in the upper-middle area of the front. "Oilette" and its logo are printed in the lower-right corner of the front.
There is a paragraph that tells of the 'Seaforth Highlanders' is printed in the upper-middle area of the back. 'Raphael Tuck & Sons THE SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS Post Cards Series No. 9885. ART PUBLISHERS TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING & QUEEN. PRINTED IN ENGLAND' is printed along the left edge of the back 'TUCK'S POST CARD' is printed in the upper-middle area of the back.
Harry Payne (18581927) was an English military artist. With his brother, Arthur C. Payne, he produced many series of oilette postcards for Raphael Tuck & Sons and also did extensive work for Gale and Polden producing illustrations for their postcard series along with other military artists including Edgar Alfred Holloway, John McNeill, and Ernest Ibbetson.
Raphael Tuck & Sons was a business started by Raphael Tuck and his wife in Bishopsgate in London on October 1866, selling pictures and greeting cards, and eventually selling postcards, the latter being the most successful. Their business was one of the most well known in the 'postcard boom' of the late 1800s and early 1900s.

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