R Caton Woodville Collection (page 2)

Just Like Bobs, (1901). Creator: Unknown
Just Like Bobs, (1901). British commander Frederick Sleigh Roberts (1832-1914) fought the Boers in South Africa, 1899-1900

Up, Guards and at them!, 1899. Creator: Richard Caton Woodville II
Up Guards and at them!, 1899. Drummer-boy leading a charge of British soldiers, scene based on a quote by the Duke of Wellington: Up, Guards, and at them again

The Somerset Light Infantry. The Desperate Landing at Aboukir Bay, 1801, (1939). The Battle of Abukir of 8 March 1801 was fought at Abu Qir on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt, near the Nile Delta

The Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. The Battle in the Rosefields at Minden, 1759, (1939). The Battle of Minden, 1 August 1759

The 17th Lancers. The Charge of the Light Brigade at Balaclava, 1854, (1939). Battle at Balaklava, Crimean War, Russia, 25 October 1854

The Ox. And Bucks. Light Infantry. The Battle in the Churchyard at Vimiero, 1808, (1939). The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at the Battle of Vimeiro in Portugal, Peninsular War

The Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry... at Brandywine, 1777, (1939)
The Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry. How the D.C.L.I. Won Their Red Feathers at Brandywine, 1777, (1939). Incident during the American Revolutionary War, 11 September 1777, near Chadds Ford

The Sherwood Foresters. The Advance of The Sherwood Foresters at Salamanca, 1812, (1939). The Battle of Salamanca in Spain, 22 July 1812

Pitt Drilling Militia at Walmer Castle in 1803, (1896). Artist: JW Evans
Pitt Drilling Militia at Walmer Castle in 1803, (1896). After William Pitt the Younger (1759-1806) resigned as Prime Minister in 1801

Lord Kitcheners Conquest of the Soudan, 1898 (1901). Mahmoud, the Khalifas chief lieutenant, taken captive after the Battle of Atbara

The Matabele War, 1893 (1901)
The Matabele War, 1893, (1901). Attack on the laager of wagons on the Imbembezi River, 1 November. The First Matabele War was fought in 1893 between the British South Africa Company and the Ndebele

92nd Highlanders and 2nd Gurkhas storming Gaudi Mullah Sahibdad, Afghanistan, 1901
92nd Highlanders and 2nd Gurkhas storming Mulla Sahibdad, Afghanistan, 1901. British Empire troops commanded by Lord Roberts defeating an Afghan army to relieve the siege of Kandahar during

The Bonny Men Led The Advance, 1902. Artist: Richard Caton Woodville II
The Bonny Men Led The Advance, 1902. The Battle of Amoaful was a battle fought on 31st January 1874, during the Third Anglo-Ashanti War. From Battles of the Nineteenth Century, Vol. I

Maiwand: Saving the Guns, 1883 (1906). Royal Horse Artillery fleeing from an Afghan attack at the Battle of Maiwand in 1880 during the Second Anglo-Afghan War

Napoleon Buonaparte at the Battle of the Pyramids, 1798, (1884). Artist: Richard Caton Woodville II
Napoleon Buonaparte at the Battle of the Pyramids, 1798. Battle of the Pyramids, 21st July 1798 (1882-1884). Napoleon defeated the Mameluke army of the Ottoman Turks, conquering Egypt for France

To the Wail of the Pipes, The Highland Soldiers Lament, 1910. Artist: Richard Caton Woodville II
To the Wail of the Pipes, The Highland Soldiers Lament, 1910. The death of King Edward VII. A print from The Illustrated London News, 21st May 1910

The Lost Troopers Horse, 1887. An incident during the English Civil War. A print from The Illustrated London News, 29th January 1887

The Naval Brigade at Sevastopol, 1850s. Scene from the Crimean War. Illustration from Story of the British Nation, Volume IV, by Walter Hutchinson, (London, c1920s)

Fitz-Stephen Burns his Boats, 1169 AD, (c1920). Artist: Richard Caton Woodville II
Fitz-Stephen Burns his Boats, 1169 AD, (c1920). The Norman Fitz-Stephen Sent by Strongbow to Pacify Ireland Burns His Boats

Edward the Confessor watching the building of Westminster Abbey, c1050, (c1920). Artist: Richard Caton Woodville II
Edward the Confessor watching the building of Westminster Abbey, c1050, (c1920). Illustration from Story of the British Nation, Volume I, by Walter Hutchinson, (London, c1920s)

The ordeal of cold water, (c1920). Artist: Richard Caton Woodville II
The ordeal of cold water, (c1920). Illustration from Story of the British Nation, Volume I, Walter Hutchinson, (London, c1920s)

Bear-baiting in Saxon times, (c1920). Artist: Richard Caton Woodville II
Bear-baiting in Saxon times, (c1920). Illustration from Story of the British Nation, Volume I, Walter Hutchinson, (London, c1920s)

Saxon raiders, (1921). Artist: Richard Caton Woodville II
Saxon raiders, (1921). Illustration from Story of the British Nation, Volume I, Walter Hutchinson, (London, c1920s)

The landing of Julius Caesar in Britain, 55 BC, (c1920s). Artist: Richard Caton Woodville II
The landing of Julius Caesar in Britain, 55 BC, (c1920s). Illustration from Story of the British Nation, Volume I, by Walter Hutchinson, (London, c1920s)

Albanians from Scutari cross the Boyana to occupy Dulcigno, 1880. Artist: Richard Caton Woodville II
Albanians from Scutari cross the Boyana to occupy Dulcigno, 1880. From The Illustrated London News (1880)

Brave conduct of sergeant Graham, Battle of Seringapatam, 1894. Artist: Richard Caton Woodville II
Brave conduct of sergeant Graham, Battle of Seringapatam, 1894. In the fourth Anglo-Mysore War in 1799, the Battle of Seringapatam was the final confrontation between the British and Tippu Sultan

Finding the British prisoners under the casemates in the fortifications, 1894. Artist: Richard Caton Woodville II
Finding the British prisoners under the casemates in the fortifications, 1894. In the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War in 1799, the Battle of Seringapatam was the final confrontation between the British

The storming of Seringapatam resulting in the death of Tippu Sultan, 1894. Artist: Richard Caton Woodville II
The storming of Seringapatam resulting in the death of Tippu Sultan, 1894. In the fourth Anglo-Mysore War in 1799, the Battle of Seringapatam was the final confrontation between the British

Major General Robert Baden Powell (1857-1941), 1900. Artist: Richard Caton Woodville II
Major General Robert Baden Powell (1857-1941), 1900. Baden-Powell is perhaps best known as being the founder of the Boy Scout movement. From Illustrated London News (26 May 1900)

The Nawab Siraj Ud Daulahs artillery on its movable platform, India, 1757, (1893). Artist: Richard Caton Woodville II
The Nawab Siraj Ud Daulahs artillery on its movable platform, India, 1757, (1893). In 1757 at the Battle of Plassey, Clive

Arrival of the Nawab Siraj Ud Daulah before Clives position, India, 1757, (1893). Artist: Richard Caton Woodville II
Arrival of the Nawab Siraj Ud Daulah before Clives position, India, 1757, (1893). In 1757 at the Battle of Plassey, Clive

Clive on the roof of the Nawab Siraj Ud Daulahs hunting lodge, India, 1757, (1893). Artist: Richard Caton Woodville II
Clive on the roof of the Nawab Siraj Ud Daulahs hunting lodge, examining the enemy lines, India, 1757, (1893). In 1757 at the Battle of Plassey

A street conjurer in Algiers, 1895. Artist: Richard Caton Woodville II
A street conjurer in Algiers, 1895. A print from The Illustrated London News, (16 March 1895). Hand-coloured later

The Slave Market in Morocco, 1888. Artist: Richard Caton Woodville II
The Slave Market in Morocco, 1888. Illustration from the Illustrated London News, (18 February 1888)

The attack of the German trenches at Nogent-l Abbesse, Rheims front, 24th September 1914, (1926)
The attack of the German trenches at Nogent-l Abbesse, Reims front, France, 24 September 1914, (1926)

Battle of Majuba Hill, 1st Boer War, 26-27 February 1881. Artist: Richard Caton Woodville II
Battle of Majuba Hill, 1st Boer War, 26-27 February 1881. British troops under Major-General George Colley took Majuba Hill. The Boers counterattacked, taking the British by surprise

Piet Cronje, Boer leader and soldier, surrendering to Lord Roberts, Paardeberg, 1900
Piet Cronje, Boer leader and soldier, surrendering to Lord Roberts, Paardeberg, South Africa, 1900. Cronje (1835-1911) fought against the British in the 1st Boer War

All That Was Left of Them, 2nd Boer War, 1899. Artist: Richard Caton Woodville II
All That Was Left of Them, 2nd Boer War, 1899. The Black Watch after the Battle of Magersfontein, 11 December 1899. In the week from 10 to 17 December 1899 the British under General Methuen suffered

British artillery going to the attack on Spion Kop, 2nd Boer War, 24 January 1900. Artist: Richard Caton Woodville II
British artillery going to the attack on Spion Kop, 2nd Boer War, 24 January 1900. The British army of 20, 000 under General Sir Redvers Buller was defeated by 8000 Boers under General Louis Botha

Before Ladysmith, 1899. British horse artillery under attack from the Boers, galloping to take up a new position. During the 2nd Boer War (1899-1902)

Burning the Farm of a Treacherous Burgher, 2nd Boer War, c1900. A Boer farmers wife shakes her fist at the British soldiers

British colonial troops burning a rebel Boers farm, 2nd Boer War 1899-1902

92nd Gordon Highlanders in retreat, Battle of Majuba Hill, 1st Boer War, 26-27 February 1881. British troops under Major-General George Colley took Majuba Hill

Charge of the 5th Lancers at Elandslaagte, 2nd Boer War, 21 November 1899. Artist: Richard Caton Woodville II
Charge of the 5th Lancers at Elandslaagte, 2nd Boer War, 21 November 1899. British cavalry pursuing the retreating Boers. The British forces were under the command of Major-General John French

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