About the artist
Ernest Ibbetson, born in 1877, was a distinguished artist well known for his paintings of British Army personnel. From 1910, he expanded his portfolio as an illustrator for Baden Powell's Boy Scouts and Boys' Life magazine. Among his notable works, "The London Cyclists" (1912) was created for the London Regiment. The poster depicts a territorial army cyclist dismounting to load his rifle, with the rest of the battalion prepared to support him.