#MC22
Ca. 1870
Watercolour ca., 24.5 x 41.5cm (9.5 x 16.5 inches). Recently matted, with a couple of minor scratches, but overall a very good watercolour.
The well executed watercolour show a wild boar being chased by two British hunters with spears on horseback in the foreground and native Indians and an Indian castle in the background.
"In India, pigsticking was popular among the Jatts, Gujjars, Rajputs, Sikhs, Maharajas, and with British officers during Victorian and Edwardian times. According to the 1911 edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica, it was encouraged by military authorities as good training because "a startled or angry wild boar is ... A desperate fighter [and therefore] the pig-sticker must possess a good eye, a steady hand, a firm seat, a cool head and a courageous heart"(Wikipedia).
