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 "Charge of the Light Brigade, Balaclava, 25 October 1854 by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "Hyder Ali at Conjeveram, Illustration from")
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.jpg "The Surrender of Rangoon to the British, Illustration from")
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.jpg "Building the first Fort at Madras, illustration from")
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.jpg "The 42nd Highlanders driving the French out of Elvina, illustration from")
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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 Russo-Japanese War: A Hand-to-Hand Struggle in the Earthworks at Port Arthur, Illustration from")
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.jpg "The Election of the Girl Duchess, Illustration from")
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.jpg "Lord Thomas Fitzgerald throws down his sword, illustration from")
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.jpg "The Punishment of a Fraudulent Baker, Illustration from")
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.jpg "An early English embassy to India, 1599, illustration from")
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.jpg "Dampier examining a boomerang in Australia, illustration from")
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.jpg "On the Way Up the Nile: Firing at the Dervishes (Illustration from British Battles on Land and Sea, 1915) by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The Duke of Marlborough at the Battle of Oudenarde, 11th July 1708 by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "Omdurman: The Last Bearer of the Black Flag, 2nd September 1898 (Illustration from British Battles on Land and Sea, 1915) 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 "Prisoners before Ethelfled after the Storming of Brecon, illustration from")
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.jpg "Mafeking 1900, Boer War by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The first charge at Hastings by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The Division of New Guinea Between the British and the Germans, 1884 by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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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 Gamekeeper")
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.jpg "On the Track of the Matabele, 1893 by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "Bear Baiting in Saxon Times, illustration from")
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.jpg "Sir George Simpson in Vancouver Island, 1855, 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 "Over-Taxed Subjects Ejected from Their Houses, Illustration from")
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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 "British Taking Possession of Aden, 1879, illustration from")
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.jpg "The Devil")
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.jpg "The Bivouac before the Battle of Bussaco, illustration from")
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.jpg "The Battle of Crecy AD1346 by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "Then said Sir John Chandos Sire, Ride Forward, The Day is Yours, illustration from")
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.jpg "Malachy Felling the Munster Coronation Tree in 982, Illustration from")
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.jpg "Isaac of Cyprus pleads before Richard, 1191 by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The prize of victory 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 "Paying Danegeld by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "Flight of the Spanish Troops on the 27th July, 1809 by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "Ordeal of cold water by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The assault on Sevastopol, 1855 by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The British in Ceylon, illustration from")
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.jpg "The Marching Watch by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "Waterloo June 18th 1815: The Old Guard by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "General Crawford Giving the Word of Command for the 43rd and 52nd Regiments to Advance, Illustration from")
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.jpg "The Surrender of Yanina, illustration from")
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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 Duke of Marlborough at the Battle of Oudenarde, July 11th, 1708 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 "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 papal legate tramples on John")
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.jpg "The Battle of Minden, August 1st 1759 by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The surrender of Gibralter to the English, 24th July 1704, illustration from")
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.jpg "Captain Cook landing in Tasmania, 1777, illustration from")
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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 Battle of Malplaquet, 11 September 1709 by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "Muscovite Merrymaking during the Russo-Japanese War by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "King Dermot Carries Off Devorgil 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 "The Surrender of Mauritius Isle to the British in 1810, Illustration from")
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.jpg "The Coronation of John by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "Battle of Plassey, 23rd June 1757: Clive on the Roof of Nawab Surat-ud-Daula")
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.jpg "The murder of the Duke of Burgundy AD1419 by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The Murderers of Becket Depart on Their Errand by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "Fitz-Stephen Burns His Ships by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "British forces marching into Cape Town (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 Last Stand of de Montford at Evesham AD1265 by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The Papal Legate tramples on John")
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.jpg "The Landing of Julius Caesar, Illustration from")
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.jpg "The body of William I refused interment, illustration from")
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.jpg "Charge of the Dragoons at Talavera, illustration from")
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.jpg "British troops entering Singapore, illustration from")
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.jpg "The Marching Watch, Illustration from")
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.jpg "The British in Natal, illustration from")
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.jpg "Vespasian rescued by his son Titus, illustration from")
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.jpg "John pays homage to the Papal legate, 1213, illustration from")
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.jpg "The Coronation of Edward I AD1274, 1920")
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 in the uniform of the special corps he has raised in British Bechuanaland 1899 engraved by Thomas Lascelles - (MeisterDrucke-72721).jpg "The Defender of Mafeking, Colonel Baden-Powell in the Uniform of the Special Corps He Has Raised in British Bechuanaland, engraved by Thomas Lascelles by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "On Britain")
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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 "The advance of the Zulus at Isandhlwana 22 January 1879 by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "Carrying Sir John Moore from the Battlefield, illustration from")
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.jpg "A Reconnaissance in force with General French")
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.jpg "The Battle of Towton, illustration from")
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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 Bushmen and New Zealanders on the Boer Guns, Near Klerksdorp, 24th March 1901 by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The defence of Rorkes Drift by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "Bishop Odo Surrenders Rochester Castle, AD 1088 by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "Overtaxed Subjects Ejected from Their Homes, 1920")
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.jpg "The last feast of Robert de Comines AD1069 by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "William receives news of the rising in the north AD1069, 1920")
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