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Richard Caton Woodville

1856–1927

Poniatowski’s Last Charge at Leipzig 1912
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Biography

Richard Caton Woodville Jr. (7 January 1856 – 17 August 1927) was an English artist and illustrator, who is best known for being one of the most prolific and effective painters of battle scenes in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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Artworks

  • Napoleon Crossing the Bridge to Lobau Island

    Richard Caton Woodville
    1912
  • General Wolfe Climbing the Heights of Abraham on the Morning of the Battle of Quebec

    Richard Caton Woodville
    1906
  • Marshal Ney at Eylau

    Richard Caton Woodville
    1913
  • Poniatowski’s Last Charge at Leipzig

    Richard Caton Woodville
    1912

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