Unknown Officer of the 1st (Bombay) Light Cavalry, 1848. 
Oil on canvas, attributed to John Smart (fl. 1820-1850), 1848.

Full-length portrait of subject holding chapka in left hand, right with white gauntlet; standing by a pillar, landscape in background to left. 

Originally raised in 1817 as the 1st Bombay Light Cavalry, this regiment became lancers in 1842 and this is the first lancer uniform worn by its officers. In 1923 they became the 13th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers.