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The Wide Game painting by George Hillyard Swinstead Scout Heritage Service Art UK

Posted on June 5, 2022June 5, 2022 by 26soldiersoftin

An excellent atmospheric painting of a Scouting Wide Game on Hampstead Heath c. 1912 by George Hillyard Swinstead (1860 – 1926)

https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/the-wide-game-135271

Good to see a colour image of the Scout uniform in its first decade.

Close up of the scouts in the background, carrying staff at the trail

Two further scouts each carrying their scout staff can be seen in the distance in the bottom left hand corner.

A further interesting Scouting painting by Swinstead called The Good Turn can be found on the same Art UK site which I will feature on a separate blog post. https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/the-good-turn-135270

Blog posted by Mark Man of TIN, 5 June 2022

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Hello I'm Mark Mr MIN, Man of TIN. Based in S.W. Britain, I'm a lifelong collector of "tiny men" and old toy soldiers, whether tin, lead or childhood vintage 1960s and 1970s plastic figures. I randomly collect all scales and periods and "imagi-nations" as well as lead civilians, farm and zoo animals. I enjoy the paint possibilities of cheap poundstore plastic figures as much as the patina of vintage metal figures. Befuddled by the maths of complex boardgames and wargames, I prefer the small scale skirmish simplicity of very early Donald Featherstone rules. To relax, I usually play solo games, often using hex boards. Gaming takes second place to making or convert my own gaming figures from polymer clay (Fimo), home-cast metal figures of many scales or plastic paint conversions. I also collect and game with vintage Peter Laing 15mm metal figures, wishing like many others that I had bought more in the 1980s ... View all posts by 26soldiersoftin

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