Tuesday 8 September 2020

Portuguese Infantry Flags of the 18th Century - Batch 3

And here are the final flags of the earlier part of the century - but probably also carried later in the century. Both have the arms of the House of Braganza in the centre:


The last infantry flags, which I shall post soon, will be the version from the SYW as recreated by Kronoskaf and the two I have recreated from the 1759 Tavora execution painting. On closely examining a decent quality digital version of the Tavora painting I have spotted what is almost certainly a Portuguese cavalry standard, and I shall recreate that and post it too.

Posted by David Morfitt at Tuesday, September 08, 2020

6 comments:

  1. Ray Rousell8 September 2020 at 19:01

    Beautiful!

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  2. ColCampbell508 September 2020 at 21:24

    David,

    This whole series of Portuguese flags has been very interesting. Looking forward to the next installation.

    Jim

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  3. Jonathan Freitag8 September 2020 at 21:53

    More nice work!

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  4. David Morfitt9 September 2020 at 18:46

    Thanks, Ray. :-)

    Cheers,

    David.

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  5. David Morfitt9 September 2020 at 18:46

    Thanks, Jonathan. :-)

    Cheers,

    David.

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  6. David Morfitt9 September 2020 at 18:48

    Thanks, Jim. They do make an interesting change, don't they? No other flags of the period look quite like them, except perhaps some of the Italian states' flags. I shall shortly be posting the 4th batch which includes my interpretation of the cavalry standard from the Tavora family execution painting.

    Cheers,

    David.

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