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| John Charlton |
Charlton was a prominent painter of battle pictures and a frequent illustrator for The Graphic although he did not serve as a war artist. In London he studied under John Dawson Watson, one of the leading illustrators of the mid-nineteenth century. Charlton's particular talent was the depiction of horses whether on the racecourse, in the hunt, or on the battlefield, and his battle pictures which were exhibited at the Royal Academy, the Paris Salon nd elsewhere, generally include horses charging or hauling guns, although in three interesting pictures which are unlocated, After the Battle: Sedan, Bad news from the Front, and Abandoned, Charlton produced scenes almost devoid of human figures after a failed charge. The only figure is a dead cuirassier and his mount lying where they have fallen. Thomas Jones Barker exhibited a similar scene in 1873 - now in Southampton Art Gallery. The second work took as its theme an incident from the Suakim campaign of March 1885 and was based on a sketch by Surgeon N C Ross of the Royal Marines. Ross described seeing a number of horses of th Bengal Lancers galloping back to headquarters in confusion, leaving the observers to conclude that a terrible disaster had befallen McNeill's advance column. The final picture based on a true incident depicts horses abandoned on the seashore by the British Army during the Peninsular War. His subjects ranged from the Charge of the Light Brigade for which he painted two scenes, one of which was based on a sketch by a participant, Lord Tredegar, the Battle of Sedan, the wars of the 1880s in Egypt and Sudan, Ulundi and the Boer War. While focusing on contemporary events, he painted several scenes from history including Montrose's march from Inverlochy and General Seydlitz at the Battle of Rossbach (in 1914 the picture was interned in Germany and has not been seen since). Rossbach was the theme for a previous picture exhibited in 1903 showing the charge of the Prussian cavalry. In 1889, he was awarded a third class medal at the Exposition Universelle in Paris, for a painting depicting an episode in the Sudan War. The Great War was immensely painful for him as he lost two sons, both described as exceptionally promising young men. He did not live to see the peace, dying in November 1917. The two main paintings to emerge from the war both exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1915 highlighted the suffering of horses in war: French Artillery crossing the flodded Aisne (Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle) and Retreat from the Marne (Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead) showing German cavalry and artillery escaping in confusion from the allied guns. Another work from the war was The Charge of the Lancers exhibited at the Naval and Military Exhibition in 1915. |
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19th Hussar, Corporal by John Charlton (1899) No text for this item |
The German Retreat from the Marne, September, 1914 by John Charlton The first battle of the Marne, though fought in the early weeks of the war, is generally held to have been the decisive factor in the defeat of German ambitions. When almost within sight of Paris, the great German hordes were suddenly brought to bay and hurled back by the gallant French and British armies, exhausted though the latter were by the long retreat from Mons. |
1st (Royal) Dragoons by John Charlton (1899) (P) Printed by Dangerfield Printing Co Ltd. circa 1902. |
Officer 8th Bengal Cavalry by John Charlton (1897) No text for this item |
Charge of the 21st Lancers at Givenchy by John Charlton. (PC) No text for this item |
French Artillery Crossing the River Aisne, September 1914 by John Charlton. (PC) Another incident in the retreat of the Germans from the Marne. They were pursued by the French and British to the River Aisne. Although the bridges had been destroyed, pontoon bridges were hastily constructed, and the French artillery is here seen crossing in face of the enemy's fire from the other flank. |
Officer Viceroy Body Guard by John Charlton (1897) No text for this item |
"Placing the Guns", Egyptian Campaign, 1882 by John Charlton. (PC) No text for this item |
Officer 2nd Bengal Lancers by John Charlton No text for this item |
Officer 7th Bombay Lancers by John Charlton (1897) No text for this item |
The Retreat of the Boer Artillery to Paardberg by John Charlton The Battle of Paardeberg on February 18-27 1900, saw British troops under Lord Roberts catch up with General Piet Cronje and his Boer force as they tried to retreat along the Modder River. After a failed and costly frontal assault, the British surrounded the Boer camp and bombarded it for several days. With no way out and supplies running low, Cronjé surrendered along with over 4,000 of his men |
British Artillery Entering The Enemy Lines at Tel-El-Kebir by John Charlton. (B) In 1879 the financial difficulties of Ismail Pasha, Khedive of Egypt, caused a Franco-British intervention, as a result of which Ismail was dethroned by the Sultan of Turkey and was succeeded by Tewfik Pasha, his son. In 1882 an Egyptian Nationalist uprising followed under Arabi Pasha, and ended up carrying out massacres of Europeans within Egypt. This led to a British bombardment and land assault. Sir Garnet Wolseley led the British forces that took part in the Battle of Tel-El-Kebir, which was ultimately won and led to the capture of Arabi Pasha. . |
Balaclava by John Charlton. Depicting the 4th and13th Light Dragoons during the Charge of the Light Brigade. |
Officer 6th Bombay Cavalry by John Charlton (1897) No text for this item |
Scots Greys by John Charlton. No text for this item |
5th Punjab Cavalry by John Charlton (1897) No text for this item |
Officer 1st Bombay Lancers by John Charlton (1897) No text for this item |
The 1st (Royal) Dragoons by John Charlton (B) Trooper of the first rank, review order - Late Victorian Era. |
Officer 7th Bengal Cavalry by John Charlton (1897) No text for this item |
Battle of Balaclava by John Charlton. (B) Depicting the 4th and 13th Light Dragoons during the Charge of the Light Brigade. |
Into the Valley of Death by John Charlton. Another great view and interpretation by John Charlton, of the 17th lancers at the Russian Guns. |
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