Lot Essay
The Gurkha Irregulars is after a painting illustrated in M. Archer, Company Drawings in the India Office Library, William Clowes & Sons, 1972, pl. 69.
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Mewati Recruits
Company School, 20th Century
gouache on paper, showing seven soldiers standing together on a hillock wearing white jama's carrying spears, swords and shields; Gurkha irregulars, showing six soldiers standing in a line amongst a clearing in a wood; recruits on Skinners's farm, two men stand beside a long horned cow on a hillside; Jats, showing six semi-clad men standing on a hillock holding various weapons, all mounted, wooden frames, glazed, all signed -- 24.5 x 37cm.
See Illustration for One. (5)
Company School, 20th Century
gouache on paper, showing seven soldiers standing together on a hillock wearing white jama's carrying spears, swords and shields; Gurkha irregulars, showing six soldiers standing in a line amongst a clearing in a wood; recruits on Skinners's farm, two men stand beside a long horned cow on a hillside; Jats, showing six semi-clad men standing on a hillock holding various weapons, all mounted, wooden frames, glazed, all signed -- 24.5 x 37cm.
See Illustration for One. (5)
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The illustration for lot 81 is Number 82 in the catalogue.