The life of Richard Caton Woodville junior, born in 1856, had been quite exciting from an early age. His father had died before he was even born and so the most important people in his young life were his sister and his mother. She was the daughter of a Düsseldorf architect and moved with her two children from London to St. Petersburg. From there the path of the small family continued to Düsseldorf. There Richard Caton Woodville junior studied painting at the Düsseldorf Art Academy, following in the footsteps of his father and mother.
His teachers included Wilhelm Camphausen and Eduard Gebhardt. Between 1875 and 1881 Richard Caton Woodville had to go into hiding. The reason was an arrest warrant against him for trespassing. The painter went to Paris and continued his studies here. His most important reference person became the history painter Jean Leon Gerome. Later the artist went back to London and made a name for himself primarily as a painter of military and war paintings. His experiences, which he had gained on a trip through Albania and Montenegro in 1877, were particularly helpful in this respect. At that time the Russian-Turkish War was raging there.
In 1882 he also became an eyewitness of war in Egypt. One of his major works is the Charge of the Light Brigade. There, Woodville recreates a scene from the Battle of Balaklava in the Crimean War of 1854.
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.jpg "The Afghan War, Conflict of 1st Punjaub Cavalry and 15th Hussars with Afghan Cavalry by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "Charge of the Light Brigade, Balaclava, 25 October 1854 by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The Battle of the Somme by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "Luther Made Prisoner by the Saxon Knights in the Forest of Thuringia, to be Carried in Disguise to the Wartburg for His Safety by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The Rising in Morocco, Kabyle Tribesmen Refusing Tribute to the Sultan")
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.jpg "The first charge at Hastings: Taillefer the minstrel sword-juggler rode from the ranks singing and tossing his sword in the air, 1066, illustration from")
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.jpg "The Famine in Russia, Peasants begging in the Towns of Kazan by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The Punishment of a Fraudulent Baker, 1920")
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.jpg "The Yachting Season, landing on the Coast of Normandy by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "A Morning")
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.jpg "General Sir William Lockhart, KCB, KCSI, Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The State of Ireland, distributing Relief Tickets in the Turf Market, Westport, County Mayo by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The 42nd Highlanders Guarding the French Prisoners by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "Cleopatra, by H. Rider Haggard by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The Nile Expedition, a Column of Troops Starting Across the Desert by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "Insurrection in Morocco, the Sultan")
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.jpg "Opening of the Imperial Institute, the Queen Declaring the Building Open by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The Transvaal War, a Column of British South African Police on the March to Mafeking through Bechuanaland by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "Prince Henry of Battenberg in the Uniform of the Garde-du-Corps of the Prussian Household Cavalry by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "Cleopatra by H. Rider Haggard by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "A Moonlight Night at Chelsea, a Reminiscence of Thomas Carlyle by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "Cynic Fortune, A Tale of a Man with a Conscience, by David Christie Murray by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "Through Two Fires, Lord Dundonald")
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.jpg "The Late Duke of Clarence, Funeral Procession from Sandringham Church to the Railway Station by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "Eagle Joe, by Henry Herman by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "A Young Kaffir Chief by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "Cleopatra by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "Coronations of English Sovereigns, Edward II and Isabella by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The Guerilla Warfare in South Africa by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The War, After an Assault on the Redoubt at Plevna by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "An Indian Army Camp of Exercise in the Madras Presidency, the Elephant Battery by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "Sarah Bernhardt as Izeyl, in the New Play at the Theatre de la Renaissance, Paris by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "Sketches in Albania, a Bear-Fancier in the Bazaar, Scutari by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "A Mongol Courier Carrying the Chinese Mail Across the Gobi Desert by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "Sunday at Aldershot, General Sir Redvers Buller Returning from Church by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "Nada the Lily, by H. Rider Haggard by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The Artist")
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.jpg "The Matabili War, following the Spoor of the late Captain Williams by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The Mad Mullah")
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.jpg "Lord Roberts")
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.jpg "Battles of the British Army, Cuddalore by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The Prince and Princess of Wales in Denmark, Reception of the Prince by the Emperor of Russia at Fredensborg by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The Forest Conflagrations in America, a Railway Train Racing the Fire by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "Funeral of President Carnot, Sunday, 1 July, the New President leaving the Elysee and following the Funeral Car by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The Last Stand by John II France at the Battle of Poitiers, Illustration from")
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.jpg "The British Dominions Beyond the Seas, the Birth of Cape Colony by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "Charge of the 21st Lancers at Omdurman, 2nd September 1898 by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "Under the Red Robe, by Stanley J Weyman by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The International Health Exhibition, Evening Fete, Music in the Gardens by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "A Field-Day near Charlestown, South Africa, British Artillery going into Action by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The Congress at Berlin, Staircase of the Radziwill Palace, Arrival of Prince Gortschakoff by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "Festivities in Honour of the Russian Naval Officers in Paris, Military Tournament by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The Battle of Blenheim: Storming the village, illustration from")
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.jpg "Cleopatra, by H Rider Haggard by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The Burmah Expedition, Entry of the British Troops into Mandalay by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "Mountaineering in the Tyrol, turning a Corner by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The Trouble on the Turco-Servian Frontier, Albanians demanding Arms and Ammunition at a Servian House by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "Across Mongolia, with the Russian Heavy Mail across the Gobi, our Caravan in Mid-Desert by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The Prince of Prussia During the Berlin Insurrection of 1848 by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "Californian Sketches, Mammoth Trees, Rock and Mountain Scenery by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "A Night Entertainment During Ramazan, at Scutari, in Albania by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "General Louis Botha, the Commander-in-Chief of the Boer Guerilla Forces by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The War between China and Japan, a Corean Rest-House by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "Lieutenant-General Sir George White, VC, to Command the British Forces in Natal by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The Disastrous Military blunder in West Africa, Sofa Chiefs and Colonial Soldiers by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The Mad Mullah")
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.jpg "Wild Boar Hunting in Northern Albania by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The Transvaal War, the Battle of Majuba Hill by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "Nada the Lily, by H. Rider Haggard by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "Battle of Ramillies, May 23rd 1706: The Attack by the Irish Regiment by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "Battles of the British Army, Vittoria by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The Relief of Ladysmith, Meeting of Generals White and Buller and their Staffs by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The Indian Plague, Great Intercessory Prayer-Meeting of Mohammedans in Bombay by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "Hunting Old Ephraim in the Rockies by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "Gipsy Camp near Scutari, Albania by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The Tourist in Venice, the Band on the Piazza of St Mark")
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.jpg "The Benin Expedition, a Trader returning to the Coast by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "Cleopatra, by H Rider Haggard by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "A Skirmish with Kaffirs by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "Sketches in Lower California, a Fruitful Land by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The Guerilla Warfare in South Africa by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "Coronations of English Sovereigns, Edward IV by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The Battle of Tel-el-Kebir, Over the Trenches by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "Sketches in Burmah, Attendants of a Burmese Minister of State by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The Soudan Expedition, a Pool in the Desert by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "Bismarck, a Reminiscence of Sedan by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "Under the Red Robe, by Stanley J Weyman by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "Stephen")
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.jpg "Camp of Russian Infantry of the Line, Advance Guard by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "In the Rear of a Caravan by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The murder of the Duke of Burgundy AD1419 by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The Indian Frontier Rising, a Sniping Affair by the Camp by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The War in South Africa, a Native Chief in Council by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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