Quote Originally Posted by davidg View Post
Maybe. But also look at the number of buttons and, particularly, that the lowest button appears to be on the other side of the front which is quite odd in itself

To me it clearly looks like a jacket that has not been fastened by choice rather than by design but it would be impossible to button with the buttons where they are placed

It's merely the impresssion I get looking at the detail but I may well be wrong
Did you look at the buttons in the pic I posted? Exactly like the painting.

Buttons don't necessarily have to do up. Highlanders liked them for ornamentation, too.