I land in India, 1903 (drawing)

From 'An Indian Sketch-Book, Impressions of the East and the Great Durbar', 1903 In some of his Indian sketches Raven-Hill calls himself a war correspondent. He certainly travelled widely there and spent time with the British troops stationed in various places. Englishmen arriving in India were a popular subject for illustrations, often humorous ones. Such illustrations commonly depict his confusion or discomfort upon first encountering the "natives" and are indicative of the feeling of entering a very different world that many British encountered upon going to India.