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William Crimea Simpson

William Crimea Simpson

Art can change history by confronting the public with reality. One example is the work of William Simpson. Together with the Times correspondent William Howard Russel and Thomas Chenery, William Simpson's lithographs from the Crimean War (1853- 56) contributed to a re-evaluation of the modern war in the European public. As allies of the decaying Ottoman Empire, the British Empire and France tried to stop Russia's continental expansion and became embroiled in one of the bloodiest colonial wars of the 19th century. Since the victory over Napoleon, British troops were no longer involved in such a war and considerable weaknesses were evident in the organisation of supplies and the provision of troops with the help of modern logistical instruments. During the first battles the British expeditionary corps won victories against the tsarist army, but proved unable to treat the wounded in the material battles adequately. Many soldiers died during the transport to the central military hospital, sometimes lasting weeks.

William Simpson accompanied and documented the failure and mismanagement of the British military leadership and caused a turn in public opinion with the comments of the Times journalists. But Simpson's career was anything but predetermined. Born in Glasgow, he did not start school until the age of 11. With discipline and a sense of mission, he continued to work through evening studies and became an apprentice in a lithography company. The rise of this art form was closely linked to the development of the mass media. Newspapers, magazines and journals demanded images to illustrate the written word. In 1854 Simpson was commissioned to make lithographs of the Crimean War according to reports. He convinced his clients that only local reporting would have a mass impact. When he arrived in Crimea, he was overwhelmed by the scenes and the suffering of the ordinary soldiers, who were victims of violence, but above all of the failure and incompetence of their own commanders. The face of the war and the violence had not changed, but what made the difference were the technical possibilities of telegraphy and the mass press, which allowed the public to have a new experience of the war. The images of wounded left alone, of emergency transports, dirt, illness and death, complemented the reports of people like Florence Nightingale, who became an icon of humanity in the Crimean War.

With the reputation he earned as an illustrator of the Crimean War, Simpson received commissions from magazines to report on similar events and to create a portfolio after his return. The next target was again a colonial conflict in the British Empire. In India, British colonial troops crushed the so-called Sepoy uprising with the most brutal force. In 1868 he was part of the Ethiopia expedition, a punitive mission against African tribal chiefs who had killed English missionaries. After further work as a war correspondent in the Franco-Prussian War of 1866 and the second Afghan War, Simpson retired from public life.

William Crimea Simpson

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Art can change history by confronting the public with reality. One example is the work of William Simpson. Together with the Times correspondent William Howard Russel and Thomas Chenery, William Simpson's lithographs from the Crimean War (1853- 56) contributed to a re-evaluation of the modern war in the European public. As allies of the decaying Ottoman Empire, the British Empire and France tried to stop Russia's continental expansion and became embroiled in one of the bloodiest colonial wars of the 19th century. Since the victory over Napoleon, British troops were no longer involved in such a war and considerable weaknesses were evident in the organisation of supplies and the provision of troops with the help of modern logistical instruments. During the first battles the British expeditionary corps won victories against the tsarist army, but proved unable to treat the wounded in the material battles adequately. Many soldiers died during the transport to the central military hospital, sometimes lasting weeks.

William Simpson accompanied and documented the failure and mismanagement of the British military leadership and caused a turn in public opinion with the comments of the Times journalists. But Simpson's career was anything but predetermined. Born in Glasgow, he did not start school until the age of 11. With discipline and a sense of mission, he continued to work through evening studies and became an apprentice in a lithography company. The rise of this art form was closely linked to the development of the mass media. Newspapers, magazines and journals demanded images to illustrate the written word. In 1854 Simpson was commissioned to make lithographs of the Crimean War according to reports. He convinced his clients that only local reporting would have a mass impact. When he arrived in Crimea, he was overwhelmed by the scenes and the suffering of the ordinary soldiers, who were victims of violence, but above all of the failure and incompetence of their own commanders. The face of the war and the violence had not changed, but what made the difference were the technical possibilities of telegraphy and the mass press, which allowed the public to have a new experience of the war. The images of wounded left alone, of emergency transports, dirt, illness and death, complemented the reports of people like Florence Nightingale, who became an icon of humanity in the Crimean War.

With the reputation he earned as an illustrator of the Crimean War, Simpson received commissions from magazines to report on similar events and to create a portfolio after his return. The next target was again a colonial conflict in the British Empire. In India, British colonial troops crushed the so-called Sepoy uprising with the most brutal force. In 1868 he was part of the Ethiopia expedition, a punitive mission against African tribal chiefs who had killed English missionaries. After further work as a war correspondent in the Franco-Prussian War of 1866 and the second Afghan War, Simpson retired from public life.

Artworks by William Crimea Simpson

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William Crimea Simpson
The Emperor of Austria Ascending...
1869 | watercolour

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The Golden Temple, Benares, 1862
1862 | pencil and watercolour, with touches of white and gum arabic

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Second Charge of the Guards when...
1855 | colour lithograph

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Street in Bombay, from 'India An...
1867 | colour lithograph

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Sebastopol from the Sea, plate f...
1856 | hand coloured lithograph

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One of the Wards of the Hospital...
1856 | colour lithograph

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Indigo Factory - Bengal, from 'I...
1867 | colour lithograph

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Hospital at Scutari, detail of F...
1856 | hand coloured lithograph

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Head of the Harbour, Sebastopol,...
1856 | hand coloured lithograph

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Bahr El Khabeer on The Great Sea...
1870 | watercolour on paper

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Camp of the Third Division, plat...
1856 | hand coloured lithograph

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Peshawar Market Scene, from 'Ind...
1867 | colour lithograph

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The Maristan or Mosque-Hospital ...
1882 | watercolour on paper

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Capture of the Malakoff Redoubt ...
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Lord Raglans headquarters ay Khu...
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The Lighthouse at Cape Chersones...
1856 | hand coloured lithograph

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Past Days on the Persian Border,...
1885 | engraving

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North Side of the Harbour of Seb...
1856 | hand coloured lithograph

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William Crimea Simpson
Rock-cut tunnel, Pools of Solomo...
1872 | watercolour and pencil on paper

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Gale off the Port of Balaklava, ...
1856 | hand coloured lithograph

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Salt Lake - Thibet, from 'India ...
1867 | colour lithograph

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The Cavalry Affair of the Height...
1856 | hand coloured lithograph

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Pheel Khana, or Elephants Quarte...
1867 | colour lithograph

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The Charge of the Light Brigade ...
1854 | watercolour on paper

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William Crimea Simpson
Indian Woman Floating Lamps on t...
1867 | colour lithograph

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Tomb of Omar Khayyam, the Persia...
1893 | engraving

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William Crimea Simpson
Elephant Battery, 1864 (wc over ...
1864 | watercolour over graphite with bodycolour on paper

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William Crimea Simpson
The new works at the siege of Se...
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William Crimea Simpson
After the Taking of Malakoff on ...
1855 | woodcut

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William Crimea Simpson
The Railway at Balaklava looking...
1855 | colour lithograph

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William Crimea Simpson
The Plague in India, a Hindu Bur...
1897 | engraving

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William Crimea Simpson
Sebastopol from the Extreme Righ...
1856 | hand coloured lithograph

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William Crimea Simpson
Charge of the Light Cavalry Brig...
1855 | lithograph

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William Crimea Simpson
Sirdar Abdul Khalik Khan, Chief ...
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William Crimea Simpson
The Charge of the Light Brigade ...
1855 | lithograph/watercolour

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William Crimea Simpson
The Afghan War, Special Correspo...
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William Crimea Simpson
 
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William Crimea Simpson
The interior of Lord Raglan's he...
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William Crimea Simpson
One of the Wards of the Hospital...
1856 | lithograph

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William Crimea Simpson
Charge of the Heavy Cavalry Brig...
1855 | lithograph

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William Crimea Simpson
Gallery under Golden Gateway, Je...
1871 | watercolour and pencil on paper

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William Crimea Simpson
Lake Vyrnwy, Montgomeryshire, No...
1889 | engraving

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William Crimea Simpson
The valley of Baidar, from rear ...
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William Crimea Simpson
The burial of Lord Raglan near S...
1855 | woodcut

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William Crimea Simpson
Balaclava. View onto the sea, 1855
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The Chitpore Road, from 'India A...
1867 | colour lithograph

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William Crimea Simpson
The Bastion du Mat, Sevastopol, ...
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Sevastopol: A hot day on the bat...
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William Crimea Simpson
Tunnel under the Via Dolorosa, J...
1869 | watercolour and pencil on paper

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William Crimea Simpson
Sebastopol from the Sea, engrave...
1855 | colour lithograph

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The Gate of Huldah the Prophetes...
1871 | watercolour and pencil on paper

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Balaclava, 25th October 1854: Th...
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William Crimea Simpson
The Praying Cylinders of Thibet,...
1867 | colour lithograph

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William Crimea Simpson
Public Library and Temple of the...
1856 | hand coloured lithograph

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William Crimea Simpson
Second charge of the Guards, whe...
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William Crimea Simpson
The River Chenab, Punjab, 1865 (...
1865 | watercolour and gouache on paper

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Interior of the Malakoff, plate ...
1856 | hand coloured lithograph

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William Crimea Simpson
 
1855 | lithograph, coloured

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William Crimea Simpson
Lucknow, from 'India Ancient and...
1867 | colour lithograph

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The Governor-General's State How...
1863 | chromolithograph

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The Thug School of Industry, Jub...
1863 | chromolithograph

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William Crimea Simpson
A Hot Night in the Batteries, pl...
1856 | hand coloured lithograph

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William Crimea Simpson
Consecration of the Restored Sch...
1892 | engraving

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The Attack on the Malakoff, plat...
1856 | hand coloured lithograph

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The Prince of Wales and the Duke...
1892 | engraving

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The Embarkation of the Sick at B...
1856 | hand coloured lithograph

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William Crimea Simpson
Sebastopol from the Rear of Fort...
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Fallen Voussoir of Robinson's Ar...
1871 | watercolour and pencil on paper

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William Crimea Simpson
 
1855 | watercolour over pencil

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William Crimea Simpson
The Village Welll, from 'India A...
1867 | colour lithograph

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William Crimea Simpson
Oodypure, from 'India Ancient an...
1867 | colour lithograph

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The Queen's Christmas, the Kitch...
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Charge of the heavy cavalry brig...
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Two Bandits in the Hills, 1857
1857 | watercolour on paper

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Sikh Priest Reading the Grunth, ...
1867 | colour lithograph

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Hindu Fakir, from 'India Ancient...
1867 | colour lithograph

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1884 | watercolour

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Crypt of the Church of St. Anne,...
1872 | watercolour and pencil on paper

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Women Grinding Corn, from 'India...
1867 | colour lithograph

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Bahr el Khabeer or the Great Sea...
1870 | watercolour and pencil on paper

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The interior of the Redan taken ...
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Camp of the Naval Brigade, plate...
1856 | hand coloured lithograph

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William Crimea Simpson
Balaklava looking towards the se...
1855 | lithograph

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William Crimea Simpson
Ghelenjik, 6th October 1855, 1857
1857 | watercolour on paper

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William Crimea Simpson
Delhi - Jeweller, from 'India An...
1867 | colour lithograph

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Second Charge of the Guards at I...
1856 | hand coloured lithograph

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William Crimea Simpson
The Great Wall of China, 1874 (w...
1874 | watercolour and pencil on paper

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William Crimea Simpson
?Commissariat Difficulties The R...
1854 | lithograph

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