Gouache on brown paper
37cm x 27cm
A play on the old adage that life during the British Raj was all about "tennis, tea and tigers". Whilst two brave white hunters stalk their prey, the tiger himself sneaks quietly behind them, undetected.
One may perceive the keen, pith helmeted chap wearing a Bengal Cavalry tie as a long-term resident of Hindustan, perhaps hosting his pipe-smoking visitor wearing an Old Etonian tie, who looks rather less accustomed to this activity…
Gouache on brown paper
37cm x 27cm
A play on the old adage that life during the British Raj was all about "tennis, tea and tigers". Whilst two brave white hunters stalk their prey, the tiger himself sneaks quietly behind them, undetected.
One may perceive the keen, pith helmeted chap wearing a Bengal Cavalry tie as a long-term resident of Hindustan, perhaps hosting his pipe-smoking visitor wearing an Old Etonian tie, who looks rather less accustomed to this activity…
