RULES FROM THE MANOEUVRES OF THE HINDUSTANI MUSKET CAVALRY: AT SPEED ATTACK

COMPANY SCHOOL, DELHI, INDIA, SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

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RULES FROM THE MANOEUVRES OF THE HINDUSTANI MUSKET CAVALRY: AT SPEED ATTACK
COMPANY SCHOOL, DELHI, INDIA, SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
Opaque and transparent pigments and gold on paper, depicting two cavalry officers of Skinner's horses firing blanks at each other, a grassy landscape in the foreground, between gold and black rules, inscribed in ink 'At Speed Attack' at top, mounted, framed and glazed
9 ¼ x 13in. (23.2 x 33cm.)

Lot Essay

A closely related painting titled 'Rules for the Manoeuvres of the Hindustani Musket Cavalry' is in the National Army Museum, London, dated to circa 1824 (NAM. 1977-07-10-1 https://www.nam.ac.uk/online-collection/detail.php?acc=1977-07-10-1).

Colonel James Skinner (1778-1841) was a prominent Military commander who founded the famous First and Third ‘Skinner’s Horse’ regiments. In reward for his services he was granted lands in Haryana. Skinner was a prominent member of society in Delhi and became closely acquainted with William and James Fraser who were known for their commissioning and promoting European-style portraits and landscape drawings and paintings of great significance.

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