Carpet Beaters v Bobbery Wallahs

Initialed "S" bearing embossed paper company logo at lower right

Circa 1920

Colour print on paper

Without mount: 17 x 30.3 in (43.2 x 77 cm)
With mount: 23.3 x 33.2 in (59.2 x 84.5 cm)

A sizable, vibrant hand-coloured polo lithograph with the title Carpet Beaters v. Bobbery Wallahs and a core image of a game in progress. A central polo image is encircled by colourful vignettes, each with a unique title, which likewise represents polo scenes: Look Out! I’ve Got It, Rattled, Between Chukkars, Get out of It Umpire, Through! - Whoop!, Forrard, Forrard, Forr’d, a Donnybrook Along the Boards & a Clean and Clever One.

Charles Johnson Payne aka Snaffles (1884–1967)
Payne was a British artist, popularly known as Snaffles, and is most recognised for his lighthearted portrayals of classic English hobbies. Snaffles primarily used watercolor and line drawing to create these images, which are often depicted as polo, horse racing, and fox hunting. The captions for these scenes typically include a brief witticism or joke, such as "Prepare to receive cavalry!" to further explain the scene. The artist was born in Leamington Spa, United Kingdom, on January 17, 1884. During World War I, he served in the Royal Garrison Artillery and wrote for military newspapers. Most famously, he contributed to the creation of camouflage for the Home Guard during World War II. Payne passed away in Tisbury, United Kingdom, in 1967.

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