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 "The Austrian Campaign in Bosnia, General Szapary")
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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 Revolt in the Balkans, a Border Patrol by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "New Year")
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.jpg "The Trouble on the Turco-Servian Frontier, Albanians demanding Arms and Ammunition at a Servian House by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The Victor of Belmont and Gras Pan, Lieutenant-General Lord Methuen, commanding the 1st Division in South Africa by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The last feast of Robert de Comines")
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.jpg "British forces marching into Cape Town (illustration from")
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.jpg "The War in the Sudan, An Affair with Outposts by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "Luther Made Prisoner by the Saxon Knights in the Forest of Thuringia, to be Carried in Disguise to the Wartburg for His Safety by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The Battle of Blenheim: Storming the village, illustration from")
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.jpg "Across Mongolia, with the Russian Heavy Mail across the Gobi, our Caravan in Mid-Desert by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The British Dominions beyond the Seas, the Birth of Natal Colony by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "Bashi-Bazouks on the March, a Halt for Prayer by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "A Cossack Post on the Russo-Afghan Frontier by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The War in Egypt, Indian Cavalry on the Road to Cairo by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The Battle of Tel-el-Kebir, the 13th Bengal Lancers in Pursuit of Fugitives 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 Afghan Boundary Commission, the Russian and British Commissioners at Zulfikar, 21 November, fixing the Site of the First Boundary Post by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The Cholera in Cairo, the People leaving Boulak by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "Cleopatra by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The Advance towards Dongola, an Egyptian Mixed Battery of Artillery by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "Settling a Frontier Dispute by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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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 "The British Reverse in Somaliland, an Advance Party Interviewing Native Spies in the Bush by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The Chinese Army, Discipline on the March by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "Charge of the Japanese Cavalry Among the Bamboos Outside Tientsin by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The late German Emperor in his Carriage, with the Crown Prince, in the Unter den Linden, Berlin 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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.jpg "The Nile Expedition, a Doubtful Character in Camp at Assouan by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "On the Way to the Decoys by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The Destruction of Buluwayo, burnt on 3 November by Order of King Lo Bengula 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 "The Soudan Advance, steaming back to Berber, playing Maxims on the Baggara Horse after the Bombardment of Metemmeh 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 "Gulbeyaz, by Athol Mayhew 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 "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 "The British Mission to Morocco by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The Famine in Russia, Cossack Patrol near Kazan preventing the Peasants leaving their Village by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The body of William I refused interment, illustration from")
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.jpg "The Imperial Coronation at Moscow, Proclamation by the Heralds and Secretaries of the Senate by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The Afghan War, Camp Orderlies at Meean Meer, Punjaub by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "Forty Minutes Over the Grass Without a Check, Boys! 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 "A Spanish Bull-Fight by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The War between China and Japan, Li Hung Chang")
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.jpg "The Royal Review in Windsor Park, Types of Volunteers to be Reviewed by Her Majesty by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "An Incident at Elandslaagte, a Veterinary Corporal of the 5th Lancers Spearing Two Boers with One Thrust by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "In Fairyland 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 Suppression of Long Ju-Ju Rites by the Aro Expedition, a Human Sacrifice in West Africa by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "Becket")
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.jpg "War in the Desert, a Running Fight by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "Albanian War-Dance in the Camp Near Dulcigno, During the Feast of the Ramazan by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The First VC of the European War, 1914 by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "From Euston to Klondike, a Trip to Sophie Mountain by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "Mountain Battery, Egyptian Army 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 "The Gallant Charge of the Scots Greys at the Battle of Waterloo by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The Queen at Aldershot, the Duke of Connaught leading the March Past with the Headquarters")
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.jpg "Eagle Joe, by Henry Herman by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The Pastoral Plays at Coombe House, The Faithfull Shepherdesse by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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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 "Cleopatra, by H. Rider Haggard by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The Indian Frontier Rising, the Gordon Highlanders and Gurkhas Storming the Dargai Ridge by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The British Mission to Morocco, the Caves of Hercules, Near Tangier by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The Battle of Crecy AD1346 by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "Osman Pasha by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The Death of Queen Victoria, the German Emperor")
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.jpg "The surrender of Gibralter to the English, 24th July 1704, illustration from")
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.jpg "The Battle of Tel-el-Kebir, Over the Trenches 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 King and his South African Veterans, the Guards marching past His Majesty, 27 October by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The Fight within the Sandbag Battery by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "Illustration for Noemi, by S Baring Gould 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 "The War in South Africa, a Native Chief in Council by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "On the Look Out, Infantry Soldiers of the Greek Army by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "Outside the Prison, Tangier by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The Sirdar, Brigadier-General Sir Herbert Kitchener, at Assouan, on the Occasion of a Recent Inspection of the 10th Soudanese Regiment by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The Armies of the Continent, Russian Cavalry 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 "Nada the Lily, by H Rider Haggard by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "Lord Kitchener Passing the Wellington Statue at Hyde Park Corner on His Return from South Africa, 12 July by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The Anglo-Portuguese Boundary Commission, South Africa by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "A Morning")
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.jpg "Battles of the British Army, Cressy, Charge of the French Chivalry on the English Bowmen by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The Japanese Army passing the Triumphal Arch erected near Seoul after the Victory at Asan, in Korea by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The British in Ceylon, illustration from")
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.jpg "The Inauguration of Cromwell as Protector, 1657, illustration from")
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.jpg "Life in Albania, Gypsy Girls Fishing by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "The Famine in Russia, Peasants begging in the Towns of Kazan by Richard Caton Woodville junior")
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.jpg "Battles of the British Army, Talavera, Charge of the 23rd Dragoons against the French Squares 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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