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 "Hyder Ali at Conjeveram, Illustration from")
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.jpg "Bear Baiting in Saxon Times, illustration from")
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.jpg "Dampier examining a boomerang in Australia, illustration from")
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.jpg "The Matabele War: Defending a Laager by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The Surrender of Rangoon to the British, Illustration from")
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.jpg "From Frere to Chieveley - difficulties of transport 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 "Henry VI is delivered to Edward IV at St. Paul")
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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 "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 "Waterloo June 18th 1815: The Old Guard by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The prize of victory 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 "The Russo-Japanese War: A Hand-to-Hand Struggle in the Earthworks at Port Arthur, Illustration from")
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.jpg "The first charge at Hastings by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The Election of the Girl Duchess, Illustration from")
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.jpg "An early English embassy to India, 1599, illustration from")
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.jpg "Lord Thomas Fitzgerald throws down his sword, illustration from")
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.jpg "The 42nd Highlanders driving the French out of Elvina, illustration from")
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.jpg "The Marching Watch, Illustration from")
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.jpg "The Punishment of a Fraudulent Baker, Illustration from")
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.jpg "Building the first Fort at Madras, illustration from")
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.jpg "King Dermot Carries off Devorgil, Illustration from")
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.jpg "The last feast of Robert de Comines")
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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 "Muscovite Merrymaking during the Russo-Japanese War 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 "Overtaxed Subjects Ejected from Their Homes, 1920")
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.jpg "Malachy Felling the Munster Coronation Tree in 982, Illustration from")
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.jpg "On Britain")
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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 last stand of De Montfort at Evesham, illustration from")
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.jpg "Carrying Sir John Moore from the Battlefield, illustration from")
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.jpg "The Battle of Quebec, 1759, Illustration from")
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.jpg "The murder of the Duke of Burgundy AD1419 by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "Mafeking 1900, Boer War by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The British in Ceylon, illustration from")
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.jpg "The Surrender of Yanina, illustration from")
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.jpg "The Battle of Towton, illustration from")
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.jpg "The Gamekeeper")
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.jpg "The Marching Watch 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 "The papal legate tramples on John")
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.jpg "The Battle of Malplaquet, 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 "On the Track of the Matabele, 1893 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 "The Battle of Minden, August 1st 1759 by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The Papal Legate tramples on John")
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.jpg "Scientific fanatics during the Russo-Japanese War by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "John pays homage to the Papal legate, 1213, illustration from")
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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 "Charge of the 5th Lancers at the Battle of Elandslaagte 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 charge of the Light Brigade at Balaclava by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "Captain Cook landing in Tasmania, 1777, illustration from")
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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 "Sir George Simpson in Vancouver Island, 1855, 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 "Prisoners before Ethelfled after the Storming of Brecon, illustration from")
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.jpg "The Battle of Poitiers AD1356, 1920s by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The Coronation of Richard I 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 "John Rejoices to Hear of Fitz-Peters Death AD1198, 1920")
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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 "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 "Then said Sir John Chandos Sire, Ride Forward, The Day is Yours, 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 Assembly at Windsor AD1126, 1920")
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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 "Ordeal of cold water by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The Landing of Julius Caesar, Illustration from")
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.jpg "The Battle of Crecy, 26th August 1346, illustration from")
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.jpg "British forces marching into Cape Town (illustration from")
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.jpg "William Receives News of the Rising of the North, illustration from")
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.jpg "The body of William I refused interment, 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 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 "Battle of Plassey, 23rd June 1757: Clive on the Roof of Nawab Surat-ud-Daula")
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.jpg "Captain Cook Approaching New Zealand, Illustration from")
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.jpg "Paying Danegeld by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "British Taking Possession of Aden, 1879, illustration from")
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.jpg "The Bivouac before the Battle of Bussaco, illustration from")
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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 Battle of Crecy AD1346 by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The Battle of Blenheim: Storming the village, illustration from")
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.jpg "The Inauguration of Cromwell as Protector, 1657, illustration from")
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