Bodyguard of His Highness Dogra Sowar Kashmir

Mortimer Menpes

1903

Watercolor

Source: The Durbar, facing p. 138

“The uniform of these men is much like the ancient French cuirassiers — the man on the left with his sword drawn is an officer.”

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This is one of Menpes’s darker, moody pictures that contrast dramatically with all his depictions of bright colors in the Indian sun.

Related Material

• Horses and Horsemen at the Durbar
• A Soldier of His Highness Dogra Sowa

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Bibliography

Menpes, Mortimer. The Durbar. Text by Dorothy Menpes. London: Adam & Charles Black, 1903. Internet Archive version of a copy in the University of California at Los Angeles Library. Web. 27 May 2017.

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