
Online Collection
Subadar of the 35th Sikhs, 1908
Watercolour by Major Alfred Crowdy Lovett (1862-1919), 1908.
A subadar was the equivalent Indian Army rank to a British captain. The individual depicted is from the 35th Sikhs, a regiment raised in 1887. He wears a red tunic, yellow and red cummerbund and a yellow and red turban.
This is the original artwork for an illustration in Major G F MacMunn's 'Armies of India', published in 1911.
NAM Accession Number
NAM. 1953-02-40-1
Copyright/Ownership
National Army Museum, Out of Copyright
Location
National Army Museum, Study collection
Object URL
https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1953-02-40-1