Governor’s Bodyguard, Madras, Madrasi Musalman, 1908 (c).

Watercolour, signed at lower right by Major Alfred Crowdy Lovett (1862-1919), 1908 (c). The original for the illustration opposite p6 of Major G F MacMunn’s 'Armies of India', published in 1911.

Single figure, dismounted, holding a lance.

This watercolour depicts a dismounted sowar of the Governor of Madras's Bodyguard armed with a lance. The Bodyguard was formed in 1778 at Fort George, Madras.