Alfred Crowdy Lovett

Alfred Crowdy Lovett

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[[Brigadier-General]] '''Alfred Crowdy Lovett''' (1862–27 May 1919) was a British military artist known for his illustrations of [[military uniforms]] in [[British India]]. His work included [[watercolours]] and [[Chromolithography|chromolithographs]] that depicted the uniforms of the [[British Army]] during the colonial era. His art serves as a historical record of military attire from that period.{{cite news |last1=Kumar |first1=Anu |title=A Raj-era book reminds us of the pomp and glory of forgotten Indian soldiers |url=https://scroll.in/magazine/852604/photos-a-raj-era-book-reminds-us-of-the-pomp-and-glory-of-forgotten-indian-soldiers |publisher=[[Scroll.in]] |date=December 7, 2017}}{{cite news |last1=Jamooji |first1=Shireen |title=Army Life Of The Raj Era Has Been Captured In These Illustrations |url=https://homegrown.co.in/homegrown-explore/army-life-of-the-raj-era-has-been-captured-in-these-illustrations |publisher=Homegrown |date=June 8, 2021}}{{cite book |author1=Alan James Guy |author2=Marion Harding |editor1-last=James Guy |editor1-first=Alan |editor2-last=B. Boyden |editor2-first=Peter |title=Soldiers of the Raj The Indian Army 1600-1947 |date=1997 |publisher=National Army Museum (Great Britain) |isbn=9780901721358 |pages=271, 319 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Soldiers_of_the_Raj/N7QhAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=Alfred+Crowdy+Lovett&dq=Alfred+Crowdy+Lovett&printsec=frontcover}}
[[Brigadier-General]] '''Alfred Crowdy Lovett''', CBE (1862–27 May 1919) was a British military artist known for his illustrations of [[military uniforms]] in [[British India]]. His work included [[watercolours]] and [[Chromolithography|chromolithographs]] that depicted the uniforms of the [[British Army]] during the colonial era. His art serves as a historical record of military attire from that period.{{cite news |last1=Kumar |first1=Anu |title=A Raj-era book reminds us of the pomp and glory of forgotten Indian soldiers |url=https://scroll.in/magazine/852604/photos-a-raj-era-book-reminds-us-of-the-pomp-and-glory-of-forgotten-indian-soldiers |publisher=[[Scroll.in]] |date=December 7, 2017}}{{cite news |last1=Jamooji |first1=Shireen |title=Army Life Of The Raj Era Has Been Captured In These Illustrations |url=https://homegrown.co.in/homegrown-explore/army-life-of-the-raj-era-has-been-captured-in-these-illustrations |publisher=Homegrown |date=June 8, 2021}}{{cite book |author1=Alan James Guy |author2=Marion Harding |editor1-last=James Guy |editor1-first=Alan |editor2-last=B. Boyden |editor2-first=Peter |title=Soldiers of the Raj The Indian Army 1600-1947 |date=1997 |publisher=National Army Museum (Great Britain) |isbn=9780901721358 |pages=271, 319 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Soldiers_of_the_Raj/N7QhAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=Alfred+Crowdy+Lovett&dq=Alfred+Crowdy+Lovett&printsec=frontcover}}


== Early life ==
== Early life ==