John Charlton was an artist of remarkable reputation who practiced his craft on the battlefields of history. An English painter and illustrator, he depicted historical and especially battle scenes that resonated with the pulse of the times. His artistry and expressiveness are on display in our art prints, allowing you to bring the captivating moments he captured on canvas into your own home. In the green expanses of Bamburgh, Northumberland, John Charlton was born on June 28, 1849 to Samuel and Mary Ann Charlton. His talent was revealed at an early age, when he began to draw under the tutelage of his father at the age of three or four. Despite the financial difficulties his family faced, he found inspiration in the books of a Newcastle bookstore and in the work of Thomas Bewick, the "father of wood engraving." After many years at the ironworks of Sir Isaac Bell, his artistic talent was recognized and he was encouraged to develop his art and began attending evening classes at the Newcastle School of Arts with William Bell Scott.
In the mid-nineteenth century Charlton exhibited his first works at the Royal Academy and there followed a period of intense creative activity during which he took up military subjects. His first military painting, Exercise of Artillery Horses on a Frosty Morning, marked the beginning of a new era in his artistic career. Hoping for greater success on the London art scene, Charlton moved south in 1874, where he studied with JD Watson at the South Kensington Museum, now the Victoria and Albert Museum. But while he broadened his horizons and developed his skills in the capital, Charlton remained loyal to his homeland, maintaining a home in Newcastle.
The late 1870s and 1880s, during which British and colonial forces sought to consolidate their control over territories in North and South Africa, were a fertile time for Charlton. Many of his illustrations depicting these historical events were published in The Graphic. Of particular note are his contributions to the Egyptian Campaign of 1882, where he produced many of the eyewitness sketches that were posted by the newspaper's special artists. Through our high quality art prints, you can take home the works of John Charlton and experience the dramatic events and scenes he captured with his skilled hands. Each art print is a tribute to Charlton's skill and ability to bring history to life through art. It is an invitation for you to take this artistic wealth into your own hands.
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-264425).jpg "An Officer and a Trumpeter of the 20th Hussars, Review Order by John Charlton")
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.jpg "The Old Style and the New, A Scene at Ranelagh by John Charlton")
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.jpg "Hard Pressed, a Woodland Scene by John Charlton")
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.jpg "A Meet of the Coaching Club, Driving through Hyde Park by John Charlton")
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.jpg "An Objection to Travel by John Charlton")
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.jpg "The Sale of the King")
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.jpg "The Dust Fiend, a Motor-Car in a Country Road by John Charlton")
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.jpg "A Border Sheep-Show by John Charlton")
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.jpg "A Struggle for the Mastery by John Charlton")
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.jpg "From Post to Finish, a Racing Romance by John Charlton")
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.jpg "The Indian Cavalry Escort Passing the Royal Societies")
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.jpg "Kaffirs getting Remounts started, an Early Morning Scene near Pretoria by John Charlton")
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.jpg "A Tonga Journey in Northern India, An Awkward Corner by John Charlton")
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.jpg "The German Retreat from the Marne, 1915 by John Charlton")
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.jpg "The Sound of the Fife and Drum, the Scots Guards Crossing Rotten Row by John Charlton")
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.jpg "The Review at Aldershot, the Duke of Cambridge Inspecting the Troops of the Aldershot Division in the Long Valley by John Charlton")
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.jpg "The Indian Frontier Troubles, Loyalty of Indian Princes by John Charlton")
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.jpg "The Review before the Queen at Aldershot by John Charlton")
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.jpg "A Ticklish Team, A Departure in South African Coaching by John Charlton")
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.jpg "The Horse-Race, or Palio, at Sienna, the Benediction of a Competitor in Church by John Charlton")
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.jpg "A Frosty Morning, Cavalry Horses at Exercise by John Charlton")
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.jpg "The Water Jump, A Sketch at a Horse Show by John Charlton")
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.jpg "The Battle of Omdurman, the Charge of the 21st Lancers by John Charlton")
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.jpg "A Hair-Breadth Escape, a Cycling Adventure in Ceylon by John Charlton")
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.jpg "At the Cattle Show, judging Scotch Cattle, A Fractious Hielander by John Charlton")
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.jpg "H H Sir Pertab Singh, Maharajah of Idar, a Great Indian Prince, one of the Coronation Guests by John Charlton")
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.jpg "A Clever Capture, Smart Work of Montmorency")
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.jpg "Pig Sticking on the Churs of the Bramapootra, Surprised by a Tiger by John Charlton")
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.jpg "Coursing at Cleveland, Yorkshire by John Charlton")
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.jpg "The Pursuit of the Enemy after the Fall of Dongola, Captain Adams")
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.jpg "The Review before the Queen at Aldershot by John Charlton")
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.jpg "Troops for Egypt, the Second Life Guards at the Royal Albert Docks waiting to Embark by John Charlton")
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.jpg "Won in a Canter, a Sketch at Sandown Park by John Charlton")
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.jpg "The winner of the Derby, The Earl of Rosebery")
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.jpg "Foxhunting in the North, a Meet of the North Tyne Foxhounds on the Border Hills by John Charlton")
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.jpg "Tod Sloan, the Famous American Jockey by John Charlton")
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.jpg "Adversity makes Brothers of Us All by John Charlton")
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.jpg "At the Horse-Show, waiting their Turn to Enter the Ring by John Charlton")
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.jpg "A Novel Competition in a Gymkhana at Quetta, a Gretna Green Race by John Charlton")
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.jpg "Ascot Races, Horses passing the Royal Box on their Way to the Starting Post by John Charlton")
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.jpg "Through Fire to Freedom, an Incident of a Run with the Devon and Somerset Staghounds by John Charlton")
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.jpg "Following the Hounds by Train, a scene in New Zealand by John Charlton")
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.jpg "The Cart-Horse Show, a Parade of Stallions by John Charlton")
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.jpg "May-Day, the Cart-Horse Parade, Prize-Winners by John Charlton")
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.jpg "Pairs, Under 15 Hands, 1891 by John Charlton")
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.jpg "The Contingent of English and Foreign Princes Riding before the Queen")
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.jpg "The Military Tournament at the Agricultural Hall, A Double Double Musical Ride by the 17th Lancers, the Duke of Cambridge")
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.jpg "Illustration for A Free Will Offering, by B.M. Corker by John Charlton")
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.jpg "Battle of Ladysmith, the Imperial Light Horse at Pepworth Hill to the Rescue by John Charlton")
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.jpg "The War in Egypt, Halt!, Bringing Guns into Position at Tel-el-Kebir, 13 September by John Charlton")
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.jpg "The Disaster at Koornspruit: Driverless Teams Stampeding by John Charlton")
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.jpg "With the Tirah Field Force, Cavalry Reconnoitring in the Bargolai Pass by John Charlton")
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.jpg "The Gun Battery of the CIV, A Scene at Paddington Before the Procession Started by John Charlton")
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_Hussars_at_the_Royal_Military_Tournamen_-_(MeisterDrucke-208050).jpg "Cavalry Display by the Third (King")
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.jpg "The Frozen River at Oxford, a Four in Hand on the Ice by John Charlton")
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.jpg "A Novel Competition in a Gymkhana, an Affinity Race by John Charlton")
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.jpg "Teatime Treat, 1883 by John Charlton")
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.jpg "An Ambush, Four Driverless Teams stampeding Out of Action by John Charlton")
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.jpg "Cub-Hunting, a Spin Across the Moor by John Charlton")
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.jpg "Life in China, Part X by John Charlton")
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.jpg "The War in the East, Combat between Cossacks and Bashi-Bazouks near the Village of Haidar Keui, 16 July by John Charlton")
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.jpg "From Post to Finish, a Racing Romance by John Charlton")
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.jpg "A Meet of the Four-in-Hand Club in Hyde Park, London by John Charlton")
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.jpg "The Stirrup Cup by John Charlton")
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.jpg "The Cavalry Manoeuvres at Attock, India, Native Cavalry stopping a Scout by John Charlton")
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.jpg "A Novel Method of Landing Horses from Transports, an Incident of the American Invasion of Cuba by John Charlton")
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.jpg "Sketches in the Hunting Field, No II, the Rivals by John Charlton")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-285139).jpg "Sketches in the Hunting-Field, a Forty Minutes")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-319963).jpg "Sketchs in the Hunting Field, No 1, the Meet by John Charlton")
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.jpg "Leading Masters of Hounds, II by John Charlton")
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.jpg "The Review at Wimbledon before the German Emperor by John Charlton")
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.jpg "The Review of the Indian Troops at Buckingham Palace by the King, His Majesty Giving Medals to Indian Representatives by John Charlton")
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.jpg "The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall at Cape Town, Basuto Ponies presented by Children of South Africa by John Charlton")
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.jpg "The Return March from Afghanistan, a 40-Pounder in a Quicksand by John Charlton")
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.jpg "A Jackal Hunt in India, a Strange Sportsman by John Charlton")
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.jpg "The Earthquake at Calcutta, Polo Players in an Unpleasant Predicament by John Charlton")
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.jpg "With Colonel Hickman")
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.jpg "A Question of Right-of-Way, a Mountain Incident in Cashmere by John Charlton")
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.jpg "A Race for Life, an Incident in a Railway Journey in Newfoundland by John Charlton")
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.jpg "A Shooting Party at Lowther Castle, Guests leaving the Luncheon Tent by John Charlton")
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.jpg "Bear Hunting in Cashmere, a Run for Life by John Charlton")
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.jpg "An Old Fashioned Winter, sleighing in the North by John Charlton")
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.jpg "The Ambush at Koorn Spruit, a Gun Team running Amok by John Charlton")
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.jpg "A Hunter in Embryo, his First Jump by John Charlton")
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.jpg "On Liberty on the China Station, Jack and Jolly on a Full-Speed Trial at Nanking by John Charlton")
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.jpg "The Review before the Queen at Aldershot by John Charlton")
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.jpg "The Chase of the Wild Red Deer on Exmoor by John Charlton")
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.jpg "More Dangerous than the Enemy, a Runaway Water Cart at the Manoeuvres by John Charlton")
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.jpg "A Rest with General French, picketing Horses in Trying Circumstances by John Charlton")
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.jpg "A Squatter")
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.jpg "Our Friends in Madras, Christmas Time by John Charlton")
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.jpg "From Post to Finish, a Racing Romance by John Charlton")
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.jpg "A Hound Trail in Cumberland, the Finish by John Charlton")
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.jpg "The Career of a Racehorse by John Charlton")
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.jpg "The Queen Receiving at Windsor Castle the Five Arab Horses Presented to Her Majesty by the Sultan of Muscat by John Charlton")
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.jpg "The Battle of Elands Laagte, the Final Charge of the 5th Lancers by John Charlton")
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.jpg "The Altcar Meeting, Some of the Competitors for the Waterloo Cup at Exercise by John Charlton")
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.jpg "The Grand Review at Aldershot on Laffan")
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.jpg "The Taking of Dongola, the Attack by Retreating Dervishes on Egyptian Horse Artillery by John Charlton")
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