The French appear to have been among the first to ---- their broad-brimmed hats into something approaching a tricorn. Engravings from the mid-1690's - especially those by Guérard below - show French troops circa 1695 with their hat brims turned up :
The biggest problem with the Ebor figures would not be be their headgear but the accoutrements they are wearing. Paul Hicks very accurately sculpted his WSS
Gardes Françaises with the belly box that became standard from 1701 onward. It is not known when the ventral cartridge box was introduced exactly - some authors claim the switch began during the early to mid-1690's - but canonical depictions of the
Gardes Françaises in the 1690's invariably show them with their powder horn and bullet bags suspended from a shoulder belt and covered with a leather flap like this :
If you can live with that accoutrement issue, the Ebor figures will be fine.
One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got into my pajamas I'll never know.
