I recently posted McNally's interpetation from his book on the Campaign of Aughrim 1691 of the Huguenot infantry colours as depicted in the Jan Wyck painting of the Battle of the Boyne 1690, which was painted in the 1690s. Having examined the detail of the painting which McNally claims shows the Huguenot regiment Cambon I find I disagree with McNally's interpretation and so I have produced my own version of the flags of Cambon's and the Red and White Huguenot Regiments, which are simpler than his.
For the previous posts see: https://nba-sywtemplates.blogspot.com/2025/10/colours-of-huguenot-red-and-white.html and https://nba-sywtemplates.blogspot.com/2025/10/colours-of-colonel-du-cambons-huguenot.html
Very handy to have your take on it David, nice work, lovely standards.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Donnie. :-) I think that must be about it for the Huguenots for me!
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I like them! Sometimes, simple is best?
ReplyDeleteThank you, Ray. :-) Yes, I agree - and it does make producing flags easier too...
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David.
Those are very nice David:).
ReplyDeleteThank you, Steve. :-) It's my best interpretation of the Jan Wyck flag...
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David.
Those are stunning, five lily flowers look quite right. Though I would not interpret the symbols as lily flowers for rebelling Huguenots since they are symbols of allegiance to the King of France. However they do add much fun! I would love to see them used.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Stéphane. In the painting they do look very like fleurs de lys; hard to think what else they could be too. Perhaps, as so often, it was a way of cocking a snook at the King by using his own symbols against him? That's not unknown in history! ;-) Yes, I hope to see them in use sometime too!
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