Set of two "Types of Indian Native Army, Bengal"
a) Types of the Indian Native Army, Bengal
1901
Chromolithograph on paper
9.75 x 14.5 in (24.5 x 36.7 cm)
Printed by J J Keliher & Co. Ltd., London
2nd (Prince of Wales's Own) Goorkha Regiment (Simoor Rifles), Sepoy (Private); 5th Goorkha Regiment, Subadar (Native Captain); 26th (Punjab) Bengal Infantry, Sepoy; 29th (The Duke of Cambridge's Own Punjab) Bengal Infantry, Sepoy; 10th (Duke of Cambridge's Own) Bengal Lancers, Risaldar Major (Senior Native Captain); 15th Bengal (Mooltanee) Lancers, Sowar; 18th Bengal Lancers, Sowar (Trooper)
b) Types of the Indian Native Army, Bengal
1895
Chromolithograph on paper
9.75 x 14.5 in (24.5 x 36.7 cm)
7th (Duke of Connaught's Own) Bengal Infantry; Sepoy (Private); 15th (Ludianah Sikhs) Bengal Infantry, Naick (Corporal); 32nd (Punjab) Bengal Infantry (Pioneers), Sepoy; 14th (Ferizepore Sikhs) Bengal Infantry, Subadar (Native Captain); 11th (Price of Wales's Own) Bengal Lancers, Sowar (Tropper); 2nd Bengal Lancers, Risaldar; 1st (Duke of York's Own) Bengal Lancers, Risaldar (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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