Alwar Lancers: Commandant and a Chohan Rajput (with lance), 1910

Watercolour by Major Alfred Crowdy Lovett (1862-1919), 1910.

The Alwar Lancers were an independent Indian state force that joined the Imperial Service Troops (IST) scheme in 1888. This had been established to train part of the troops of some Indian states to the standard of the Indian Army. The soldiers would act as reinforcements to the Crown's forces. The Alwar IST troops were used both on the North West Frontier and in the 3rd China War (Boxer Rebellion) in 1900.

This is the original artwork for an illustration in Major G F MacMunn's 'Armies of India', published in 1911.