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 "Charge of the Light Brigade, Balaclava, 25 October 1854 by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "Malachy felling the Munster coronation tree in 982, illustration from “Hutchinson")
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.jpg "An early English embassy to India, 1599, illustration from")
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.jpg "The British in Ceylon, illustration from")
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.jpg "Malchy felling the Munster Coronation Tree, 1920")
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.jpg "Henry VI is delivered to Edward IV at St. Paul")
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.jpg "Hyder Ali at Conjeveram, 1780, illustration from")
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.jpg "The murder of the Duke of Burgundy, AD1419, 1920s by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The coronation of Edward III, AD 1327, 1920s by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The Battle of Poitiers, 19th September 1356, illustration from")
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.jpg "The coronation of Edward II AD 1308, 1920")
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.jpg "The coronation of Edward I AD1274, 1920")
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.jpg "Carrying Sir John Moore from the Battlefield, illustration from British Battles on Land and Sea, published by Cassell, London, c. 1910 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 "The coronation of Edward II, 1308, illustration from")
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.jpg "FitzStephen burns his boats, 1169, illustration from ‘Hutchinson")
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.jpg "The murderers of Becket depart on their errand, 1920s by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The coronation of Richard I, 1920s by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The coronation of John, 1920s by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The Matabele War: Defending a Laager by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The Battle of the Boyne 1st July 1690 by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "Charge of the 23rd Dragoons against the French Squares at Talavera, illustration from")
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.jpg "Blenheim, 13th August 1704: The surrender of Marshall Tallard on the banks of the Danube by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The King of Prussia at a Court Ball in 1862, Pointing Out Bismarck, his New Minister of State, from")
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.jpg "The Surrender of Rangoon to the British, Illustration from")
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.jpg "The night charge of the 19th Hussars near Lydenberg on 7th November, 1900 by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The Battle of Blenheim: Storming the village, illustration from")
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.jpg "Charge of the Dragoons at Talavera, illustration from")
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.jpg "Over-Taxed Subjects Ejected from Their Houses, Illustration from")
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.jpg "The Punishment of a Fraudulent Baker, 1920")
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.jpg "How Lance Corporal C.A. Jarvis Blew Up a Bridge at Jemappes near Mons and Won the VC, August 1914 by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The prize of victory by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The Battle of Quebec, 1759, Illustration from")
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.jpg "The assault on Sevastopol, 1855 by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The Cession of Hong Kong to the British, 1841, illustration from")
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.jpg "Yeomanry Surprised in a Drift While Pursuing a Boer Commando in Cape Colony by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The 42nd Highlanders at Corunna, Illustration from")
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.jpg "The Battle of Omdurman 1898 AD, c.1920 by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The last feast of Robert de Comines AD1069 by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "British forces marching into Cape Town (illustration from")
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.jpg "The Battle of Poitiers AD1356, 1920s 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 "John Rejoices to Hear of Fitz-Peters Death, Illustration from")
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.jpg "Scene on the Morning of the Death of William I, 1920")
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.jpg "Then said Sir John Chandos Sire, Ride Forward, The Day is Yours, illustration from")
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.jpg "William receives news of the rising in the north AD1069, 1920")
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.jpg "The British in Natal, illustration from")
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.jpg "Prisoners before Ethelfled after the Storming of Brecon, illustration from")
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.jpg "John pays homage to the Papal Legate AD1213 by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "John Rejoices to Hear of Fitz-Peters Death AD1198, 1920")
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.jpg "The 42nd Highlanders driving the French out of Elvina, illustration from")
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.jpg "The Prince of Wales Taking Leave of Cardinal de Talleyrand-Perigord on the Morning of the Battle of Poitiers, 19th September 1356, illustration from British Battles on Land and Sea, published by Casse by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The Surrender of Mauritius Isle to the British in 1810, Illustration from")
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.jpg "The Marching Watch, Illustration from")
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.jpg "The first charge at Hastings by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "Suraj-ud-Daula at Plassey, 23rd June 1757 (Illustration from British Battles on Land and Sea, 1915) by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "Vespasian rescued by his son Titus, illustration from")
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.jpg "British troops entering Singapore, illustration from")
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.jpg "The Mishap to the Victorians at Wilmansrust, June 12, 1901 by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The last stand of De Montfort at Evesham, illustration from")
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.jpg "Overtaxed Subjects Ejected from Their Homes, 1920")
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.jpg "The Assembly at Windsor, 1126, illustration from")
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.jpg "The Battle of Crecy AD1346 by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The Battle of Minden, 1st August 1759 (Illustration from British Battles on Land and Sea, 1915) by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "Edward III greeting the Prince of Wales after the Battle of Crecy, illustration from")
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.jpg "The Prize of Victory, Illustration from")
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.jpg "Edward the Confessor watching the building of Westminster Abbey, the first Norman church erected in England, illustration from")
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.jpg "The Landing of Julius Caesar, Illustration from")
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.jpg "The Squire")
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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 "The First VC of the European War, 1914 by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "After the Fair of Lincoln by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "Sir George Simpson in Vancouver Island, 1855, illustration from")
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.jpg "Battle of Ramilles, 23rd May 1706: The attack of the Irish Regiment by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The cavalry conflict at the Battle of Ramilles, 3rd May 1706 by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The Inauguration of Cromwell as Protector, 1657, illustration from")
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.jpg "The last feast of Robert de Comines")
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.jpg "The Afghan Boundary Commission: The Russian and British Commissioners at Zulfikar, Fixing the Site of the First Boundary Post, 12th November by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The Battle of Malplaquet, illustration from")
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.jpg "The election of the girl Duchess, 1920")
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