Historical Minds Needed! Uniform Identification

[whmackie]

Hello All and Greetings from Toronto, Ontario.

I was hoping to put this out to the community to see if anyone can help me identify the uniform in this portrait of a soldier. I have attached several images.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Father Bill]

Hi!

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[DCampbell16B]

I see them. Very interesting. Looking forward to discussion.

[figheadair]

Any more details about the portrait? The jacket looks like a cavalry one.

[Tobus]

I'm of no use for identifying any of it, but I do find the headdress details interesting. It looks like red/white/green around the headband, and it's not really dicing where the colours alternate differently on each row. They're in columns. I wonder if this might yield more historical references than the jacket, if it's uniquely identifying.

[whmackie]

I have no additional information - i picked it up at a local auction. The frame is terrible and not original.

My guess from looking at the back is that it is mid - late 19th century.

[figheadair]

I'm of no use for identifying any of it, but I do find the headdress details interesting. It looks like red/white/green around the headband, and it's not really dicing where the colours alternate differently on each row. They're in columns. I wonder if this might yield more historical references than the jacket, if it's uniquely identifying.

And the timeframe. This looks to be Napoleonic era.