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Caption: Private Charles Traveller, 70th (the Surrey) Regiment of Foot, 1841

This self-portrait of Charles Traveller, a soldier of the 70th (the Surrey) Regiment of Foot is one of the few known paintings by a common soldier of the era. Accompanied by his dog, Traveller painted the picture in Laprairie in 1841. At the rear, from left to right: the soldiers' barracks (resembling a barn), the officers' barracks (resembling a villa), the light infantry and grenadier companies of the 70th in ranks, the guardhouse and the regimental band. Traveller wears the winter dress uniform of a private of the light company of the 70th. (Parks Canada)