Standing in profile, this rifleman from "Burma Rifles” reveals Luker’s artistic genius. The rifleman with ethnic Burmese features is clad in a red lower garment and printed upper garment. A swirling scarf is worn around his neck, the ends of which are tied with a green badge.
A jacket in military green is worn atop his shirt, underlining his professional status. A flat belt in brown envelopes his waist atop the lower red garment. The lower garment is tied in a knotted form towards the left side. The heart shaped face with small eyes inset under thick upper lid, a slender nose, emphatic chin and full lips in a slight smiling fashion shows his facial features. The right hand relaxes on his waist while left hand holds a large pocket of his jacket, with eyes waning away from the spectator. Attention to his facial contours is drawn through a sash in floral pattern, tied around his head. Slight shading in green underneath his slippers joins the form and below it, is the signature of W.Luker Jnr.
Amidst the portraits of rulers and courtiers, the representations of local individuals engaged in their professional occupations and ethnic portrayals were also done by the British artists.
