Pig sticking, India, 1889
pen and ink with wash, drawing
Accession Number
NAM.1963-10-352-11
Description
A sportsman comes a cropper as his horse fails to clear a fence (similar to the book illustration” “Bill” Beresford coming a cropper at Saharunpur Remount Farm, p117). Pen and ink with wash by Captain Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 13th Hussars, 1889. From album of 25 sketches, ‘Original drawings of Pigsticking or Hog Hunting’, India, 1889. These are the originals for the 1st edition of the artist’s book.
