The Artists Rifles is established, as the…

The Artists Rifles is established, as the 38th Middlesex (Artists) Rifle Volunteer Corps, with headquarters at Burlington House in London, on February 28, 1860.

The regiment is part of the widespread volunteer movement that had developed in the face of potential French invasion after Felice Orsini's attack on Napoleon III was linked to Britain.

The group had been organized in London by Edward Sterling, an art student, and comprises various professional painters, musicians, actors, architects and others involved in creative endeavors; a profile it will strive to maintain for some years.