Types of the Indian Army - Bombay (Set of two)

a) Richard Simkin
Military Type No.184 (Types of the Indian Army)
1901
Chromolithograph on paper
Print size: 10 x 14.25 in (25 x 36 cm)
With mount: 16.25 x 20.25 in (41 x 52 cm)

Supplement to The Army and Navy Gazette, Saturday, August 3rd, 1901

b) Richard Simkin
Military Type No.161 (Types of the Indian Native Army, Bombay)
1901
Chromolithograph on paper
Print size: 10 x 14.25 in (25 x 36 cm)
With mount:16.25 x 20.25 in (41 x 52 cm)

Supplement to The Army and Navy Gazette, Saturday, May 4th, 1901

"Born on November 5th 1850 and was born in Herne Bay Kent, England, Richard Simkin grew up in Aldershot, Hampshire, marrying his wife, Harriet, in 1880, and it is also believed he was a volunteer in the Artist's Rifles. He was employed by the War Office to design recruiting posters. He is probably best known for his series of Army regiments including Yeomanry and Colonial regiments, a weekly supplement print to the Army and Navy Gazette. In 1901 he created a series of 'Types of the Indian Army' for the Gazette. He obtained much of the information from the Colonial and India Exhibition of 1886. Over a period of over 50 years Richard Simkin produced thousands of watercolours of Army uniforms and watercolours of Army life and campaigns. Many of these paintings can be seen in regimental museums and messes. Simkin also contributed illustrations to The Army and Navy gazette, the Boy's Own Magazine, and The Graphic and many paintings were used in books and publications of Raphael Tuck and Sons. Richard Simkin died on the 25th June 1926 at home at 7 Cavensigh Street, Herne Bay."(www.military-art.com, online)

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