£3,400
RICHARD CATON WOODVILLE. JNR (1856-1927) Robert Baden-Powell standing on a rocky outcrop, signed and dated 1900, pencil and grey wash heightened with white, on board, unframed, 19 x 12 in;
Provenance: Private Collection, Hay on Wye
This is probably the original study for the Front Cover of the Illustrated London News, 26 May 1900.
An identical image was engraved by Lascelles.
Lord Baden-Powell served in the British Army from 1876 until 1910 in India and Africa. In 1899, during the 2nd Boer War in South Africa he successfully defended the town in the Seige of Mafeking. He was later to become Founder of the worldwide Boy Scout Movement.
The lot is sold with four illustrations by George Henry Edwards, variously titled 'Before the Battle'; 'After the Battle'; 'Flags of our Empire'; and 'The Handy Men, on card, each 13 x 9 1/2 in; a grisaille illustration by Stanley Wood depicting Soldiers charging from a thicket; and a sepia illustration by J.E. Hodgson ARA depicting 'The Red Cross in the Sudan' (an illustration for The Graphic); all unframed, seven (7)
Richard Caton Woodville Jnr spent most of his career working for the Illustrated London News.
He regularly experienced battle at first hand including during the Russo-Turkish War 1877-1878 and The Anglo-Egyptian War of 1882. He also recreated a number of historic and battle scenes from the Boer and First World War
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