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Major Herbert Edwardes, grandson of a Baronet, had been an officer in the Bengal Army, fighting in the First Sikh War, but afterwards became an administrator, appointed in 1847, at the age of 28 as Political Agent at Bannu, a position that he held very successfully. When he heard of the Sikh rising in Multan in which Vans Agnew and Lt Anderson were murdered, he raised a force of Pathan Irregulars, and, joined by a force of Sikhs under Sher Singh managed to defeat the Sikh rebels led by Dewan Mulraj Chopra and force him to take refuge in Multan.
The Pathans employed by Edwardes were drawn by John Dunlop who was present at the siege of Multan. His drawings were made into lithographs by Maclure which formed a set of 21 prints depicting aspects of the Second Sikh War of 1848-49. The two prints shown here are Edwardes’ Infantry and Edwardes’ Cavalry. One of the infantrymen holds a firearm that looks homemade, probably a firelock. The cavalrymen have shields on their back and are armed with swords and a long lance. |
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