Mowgli made leader of the Bandar-log

Details

John Charles Dollman RWS RI ROI (1851-1934)
Mowgli made leader of the Bandar-log
signed and dated 1903
oil on canvas
54 x 72in. (137 x 183cm.)
later framed, the frame -- 89 x 92in. (226 x 133.7cm.) overall

Literature

Royal Academy Pictures 1903, Cassel and Company, London, 1903. Illustrated on page 54

Exhibited

Royal Academy 1903, no.773.
Nottingham Castle Museum and Art Gallery

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Lot Essay

Mowgli, made leader of the Bandar-log, is based on the Rudyard Kipling tale 'The Jungle Book', and more specifically the passage:
This time, they said, they were really going to have a leader and become the wisest people in the jungle - so wise that everyone else would notice and envy them'
Dollman was born in Hove and studied at South Kensington and the Royal Academy schools before establishing his studio in Bedford Park, London. He exhibited at the Royal Academy between the years 1870-1912, and was elected RWS in 1913. His most popular work was based around large-scale representations of the animal kingdom.

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