Morier was a Swiss military and sporting painter who started working for William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland (1721-65) in 1747, when he painted a series of pictures of troops under his command. From 1752 until 1764 he was employed as ‘limner’ (painter) to the Duke on an annual salary of £100; his name also appears regularly in royal accounts from 1764 to 1767. Three soldiers, full-length, at rest beide a tree in a military encampment; on the right, a seated soldier drinks from a ladle as he balances a pitcher on his right knee; a standing soldier points to a woman seated next to another soldier.