Sepoy, 33rd Punjabis, 1888 (c)
pencil, drawing
Accession Number

NAM.1983-07-8-2

Description

Sepoy, 33rd Punjabis, 1888 (c). Bistre and pencil drawing, unsigned, by John Lockwood Kipling (1837-1911), 1888 (c). Inscribed on reverse, ‘By Lockwood Kipling given to Mary Lewin by Rudyard Kipling in 1923, E.A.Miller’. Figure seated on the ground, with rifle on shoulder; figure is in identical pose to left hand figure of a design for a ‘Best Shot’ Medal, 1888, signed ‘J L Kipling’, also in the National Army Museum collection. Associated with the 33rd Punjabis.