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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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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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