SET OF TWO TYPES OF THE INDIAN ARMY
a) Types of Indian Native Army Madras
6 April 1901
Chromolithograph on paper
9.5 x 14.5 in (24.4 x 36.8 cm)
Printed by J J Keliher & Co. Ltd., London
1st Madras Infantry (Pioneers) Sepoy (Private); 14th Madras Infantry, Jamadar; Sappers and Miners (Queen's Own); 31st Madras Infantry (6th Burma Battalion) Sepoy, 2nd Madras Lancers (Trooper); Governor's Body Guard. Jamadar (Native Lieutenant); 1st Madras Lancers, Subadar (Native Captain)
b) Types of Indian Native Army Corps under the orders of the Government of India
1901
Chromolithograph on paper
9.75 x 14.5 in (24.5 x 36.8 cm)
Printed by J J Keliher & Co. Ltd., London
Deoli Irregular Force, Colour-Havildar (Sergent); Malwa Bhil Corps, Sepoy (Private); Merwera Battalion, Havildar; Hyderabad Contingent, 4th Infantry, Jamadar (Native Lieutenant); 3rd Lancers, Hyderabad Contingent, Sowar (Tropper); Central India Horse, Ressaidar (Native Lieutenant); Hyderabad Contingent, 2nd Lancers, Risaldar-Major (Senior Native Captain)
Richard Simkin was born on November 5th, 1850 in Herne Bay, Kent, England. He grew up in Aldershot, Hampshire, married his wife, Harriet, in 1880, and it is also thought he was a volunteer in the Artist's Rifles. The War Office hired him to create recruiting posters. He is perhaps most known for his Army regiments, which included Yeomanry and Colonial regiments, and a weekly addition to the Army and Navy Gazette. He developed a series of 'Types of the Indian Army' for the Gazette in 1901. He got a lot of knowledge from the Colonial and India Exhibition in 1886. Richard Simkin painted hundreds of watercolours depicting Army uniforms and scenes from Army life and conflicts during a 50-year span. Many of these works of art may be seen in regimental museums and messes. Simkin also provided pictures to The Army and Navy Gazette, Boy's Own Magazine, and The Graphic, and many of his works were used in Raphael Tuck and Sons' books and publications. Richard Simkin died on June 25, 1926, at his house in Herne Bay, at 7 Cavensigh Street. Cranston Fine Arts has replicated several of Richard Simkin's antique prints as prints, which are available on our websites, as well as many genuine antique prints that are difficult to locate these days.
(Set of two)
These works will be shipped unframed
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