"colour of Spanish General's saddle cloths / Shabraques " Topic

I think I have the Spanish general's uniforms sussed out, but what am wondering is the colour of their saddle cloths? Would it be the "facing" colour, ie blue for Lt. Gens., Brigadiers? Red for Marschal de Campo? Sky blue pink trimmed with a white feather boa, and leopard skin holster covers for Captain Generals?

According to Carrera's "Spanish Uniforms in the War of Independence" the Marschal de Campo has a blue saddle cloth with red trim and the Captain General is also blue for the saddle cloth and holsters with gold trim on both. These are the only two mounted general figures he shows.

Hello there,

Saddle cloths from Brigadier to Capitán General are:

Red for the "Grand" uniform.
Blue for the "petit" uniform.
Gold trim on both (silver trim for Brigadiers).

Contemporary portraits shows preponderance of blue cloth trimmed in gold (or silver) or even red trim.

Greetings from Spain

Oh bother I shall have to repaint a couple of saddle cloths. Good thing I've only just started painting the generals, though I might keep 'El Faltoso' on his gala saddle cloth. Thanks for the help.

After 1808 the Spanish were in need of nearly everything. Having no central government, they relied on local authorities and Britain, so many things were not to standard regulations. Generals most likely spent their own money and thus had their own way as to uniform and horse furnishings. That is, if they had their own money. So having none regulation saddle cloths would not be a crime.