Richard Caton Woodville Hand Numbered Limited Edition Print on Paper :"God Bless You, Tommy Atkins"
Title: God Bless You, Tommy Atkins
Dimensions (W x H ): Paper Size: 20 x 28 in | Image Size: 16 x 24 in
Edition | Medium: Each print is hand numbered, accompanied by a certificate signed by the Master Printer and is numbered to match the print. The editions are limited to 1880 copies. |
This Gouttelette print on paper is published with light-fast inks to BS1006 Standard onto acid-free calcium carbonate buffered stock, mould-made from 100% cotton and sourced from environmentally conscious paper suppliers. This product is exclusive to Rosenstiels.
About the Art: Superior Edition
About the Artist:
Military artist Richard Caton Woodville was born in London in 1856 and became Britain’s most prolific and successful artist in this genre of the nineteenth and early twentieth century, producing countless oil paintings and drawings, many for the magazine, Illustrated London News.
He learned his craft in Dusseldorf with Wilhelm Camphausen, the great German military painter, and later in Paris. He then experienced war first-hand in Albania and Montenegro towards the end of the Russo-Turkish War of 1877, and later in Egypt during the war of 1882. During his research he made numerous sketches and obtained photographs of the trenches at Tel-e-Kebir for his friend, the French military artist, Alphonse Marie de Neuville who had been commissioned to paint a scene of the battle. His enthusiasm for the military extended to his own activities; he joined the Royal Berkshire Yeomanry Cavalry in 1879 and remained with them until 1914, when he joined the National Reserve as a Captain.
During a highly successful career, his work was frequently exhibited at Burlington House, showing no less than 21 battle pictures there, many dealing with contemporary events of the time including the Second Afghan War, the Zulu War, the Boer War and ultimately the First World War. He painted many historical recreations both in oil and watercolour including a series on famous British battles for the Illustrated London News.
His memoirs, entitled ‘Random Recollections’, were published in 1914. He died in 1927.
