{"product_id":"snaffles-the-season-1939-40","title":"Snaffles - ‘The Season, 1939-40’","description":"\u003cp\u003eOverall: 53cm (21in) x 70cm( 29.5in) \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePhotolithograph with Snaffles’ trademark blindstamp of two interlocking snaffle bits in the mount, and further illustrated with a facsimile remarque of an officer clearing a hedge in the hunting field. The mount inscribed with title and 'Acknowledgement to Punch’. Autograph signed by the artist ‘Snaffles’ in pencil. Contained in period glazed frame. ‘The Season 1939-40’ combines the themes for which Snaffles is best known. A soldier-sportsman in battledress and Yeomanry field service cap salutes the huntsman as hounds and field pass his Vickers Mk.VI light tanks on country road, whilst the huntsman raises his cap in response.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003eRead more \u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e~section 2~\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCharlie Johnson Payne (1884-1967), ‘Snaffles’, was the son of a Warwickshire boot maker turned publican. As a boy ‘Snaffles’ was an avid consumer of Kipling and was fascinated by the yarns of a great uncle who had served in the Crimea. After working as a wine merchant’s clerk and serving in a volunteer battalion of the Oxfordshire Light Infantry, he enlisted in the Royal Garrison Artillery. After lights-out he read Kipling to his mates by candlelight in the barrack room. In the following years he developed his characteristic artistic style and a deepening interest in hunting, racing and polo. He became a regular contributor to periodicals, such as Bystander and the Sporting and Dramatic. Days spent in the hunting field with the Cottesmore provided ample inspiration for his much loved sporting scenes. Following the outbreak of War in 1914, he went to France as an illustrator for The Graphic before entering the Royal Naval Air Service as a rating Motor Mechanic in small coastal motorboats. Later he was commissioned Lieutenant RNVR, and joined the team that developed dazzle camouflage with the Northern Patrol. In 1920 he was made a Chevalier of the Belgian Order of the Crown. His artistic career continued between the wars producing works that often combined military scenes and nostalgic sporting themes.  His work covering the equestrian life in England, Ireland and in the military in India was made extremely popular through the publication of prints that were initially hand coloured and later photographically printed over a fifty year period. Apart from the sale of his sporting prints, he contributed to many magazines and publications. During the Second World War he served in the Home Guard.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Armoury St James","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57127843660149,"sku":null,"price":450.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0511\/7008\/3014\/files\/L1690677_cc123ae9-dc02-47bd-8902-3f1a3c5c79b4.jpg?v=1777950248","url":"https:\/\/armoury.co.uk\/products\/snaffles-the-season-1939-40","provider":"The Armoury St James's","version":"1.0","type":"link"}