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 Battle of the Somme by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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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 "Insurrection in Morocco, the Sultan")
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.jpg "The Austrian Campaign in Bosnia, General Szapary")
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.jpg "Charge of the Light Brigade, Balaclava, 25 October 1854 by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "Gulbeyaz, by Athol Mayhew by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "Life at San Remo, Gate of the Villa Zirio, the Residence of the Crown Prince of Germany by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "Lord Methuen, the Captured General and Notable Incidents in His Career by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The Surrender of Yanina, illustration from")
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.jpg "Dampier examining a boomerang in Australia, illustration from")
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.jpg "A Morning")
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.jpg "The Nile Expedition, the Advance on Khartoum, capturing the Enemy")
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.jpg "A Sharp Shower in the Row, Hyde Park by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "Coronations of English Sovereigns, King Alfred the Great by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The Capture of Yola, Benue, Northern Nigeria, by the West African Frontier Force by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The War, a Russian Express crossing the Danube by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The Anglo-Russian Disagreement, Russian Soldiers at Tientsin by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The British in Ceylon, illustration from")
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.jpg "Return of Prince Alexander to Bulgaria, the Prince Carried in Triumph by His Officers at Rustchuk by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "Placing the Waterloo Colours of Second Battalion Grenadier Guards in the Chapel, Wellington Barracks by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "Cynic Fortune, A Tale of a Man with a Conscience by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The Zulu War, Mr Archibald Forbes")
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.jpg "The Battle of Crecy, 26th August 1346, illustration from")
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.jpg "The German Army Manoeuvres, the Emperor Directing the Cavalry Charge, 12 September by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The Advance towards Dongola, Captain Fitton")
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.jpg "The Matabili Insurrection, on the Track of the Rebels, Murderous Work by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The War between Bulgaria and Serbia, Bulgarians Capturing a Position in the Tzaribrod Pass, 23 November 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 "Battles of the British Army, Burial of Sir John Moore in the Citadel of Corunna by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "Battles of the British Army, Corunna, the 42nd Highlanders driving the French out of Elvina by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The Opening up of Nigeria, the Expedition against the Aros by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The Nile Expedition, a Doubtful Character in Camp at Assouan by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The Clearing of the Saran Ridge, the Men of the Northamptonshire Regiment heliographing for Aid in their Descent with the Wounded by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The Recent Crisis in Rio de Janeiro, Mounted Police Clearing the Rua do Ouvidor by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The Landlord of the Big Flume Hotel, by Bret Harte by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The Black Mountain Expedition, Ghazi Attack on an Advanced Post at Ghazikot by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The Last Stand, representing the Fate of Major Allan Wilson and his Comrades in the Matabili War by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The Zulu War, Ambassadors from King Cetewayo to sue for Peace by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The Late Sultan of Morocco, a Plaything of Muley-el-Hassan by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The Irish Land League Agitation, Scots Greys Charging the Mob at Limerick 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 "Battles of the British Army, Vimiero by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "Fox-Hunting in the Campagna, Rome by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The Indian Frontier Rising, Gurkhas Descending a Pass in the Upper Mohmand Country under Fire by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The Military Manoeuvres in Sussex, the 3rd Hussars capturing a Battery of Horse Artillery on Burton Down 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 "At the Derby, waiting for the Start by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "Badajos, 1812 by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The Trouble in Crete, Inhabitants of the Province of Selino Taking to the Mountains by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The Prize of Victory, Illustration from")
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.jpg "Henry VI is delivered to Edward IV at St. Paul")
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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 "Illustration for A Colonel of The Empire, by Emily Lawless by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "Les Rois, Sara Bernhardt")
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.jpg "The Opening-up of Nigeria, the Suppression of Fetish-Worship by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The Battle of Quebec, 1759, Illustration from")
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.jpg "Russian War Preparations, Cossack Artillery on the March by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "Majuba Day, Cronje surrenders to Lord Roberts on the Anniversary of Majuba, at the Camp of Paardeberg, Modder River by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The Impending Afghan War, Meeting of Afreedis in the Khyber Pass by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The Revolution in Roumelia, Arrival of Prince Alexander I of Bulgaria at Philippopolis by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The Famine in Russia, Examining Passes at the Entrance to a Town 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 French War in China, Soldiers Crossing the Foochow Bridge 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 "Carrying Sir John Moore from the Battlefield, illustration from")
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.jpg "The Lost Trooper")
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.jpg "Anglo-Indian Life, on the Steps of a Bombay Hotel by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The Famine in Russia, Searching Villages for Hidden Stores and Stolen Grain by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "Just Retribution, Burning the House and Confiscating the Goods of a Boer Who Fired Upon Our Troops Under the White Flag 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 "The Battle of Poitiers AD1356, 1920s 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 "Before Ladysmith, Horse Artillery Rushing to Take Up a New Position by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "A Seasonable Compliment, Crowning the Hero by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "Amusements in Camp, a Menagerie Race by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "Cleopatra by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "Deer-Stalking in the Highlands, running for a Second Shot by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The Yachting Season, landing on the Coast of Normandy by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The Transvaal War, Bluejackets saving their Gun by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "On the Castle at Scutari, Albania by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The War in the Sudan, the Fight at Hasheen, Near Suakin, 20 March, the 5th Lancers Charging on the Flank of Osman Digna")
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.jpg "Bear-Hunters in Montana, Victors and Vanquished by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The Attack on Spion Kop, 24 January by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "Battles of the British Army, Blenheim by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "Bolted! A Scene in the Bois de Boulogne by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "Battles of the British Army, Conjeveram 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 "Tourists disturbed, a Visit from the Police by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "Roberts in the Mutiny, the Young Lieutenant knocked over by a Round Shot in No 2 Battery, before Delhi 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 "Lord Kitchener")
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.jpg "The Zulu War, Ready! at General Newdigate")
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.jpg "Prince Albert Victor in India, catching Wild Elephants at the Government Khedah in the Mysore District by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "A Stern Chase and a Long One, Imperial Yeomanry cutting off the Rear of De Wet")
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.jpg "Our Autumn Cruise, revictualling the Yacht by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The Relief of Suakin, Charge of the 20th Hussars on the Enemy")
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