John Charlton was an artist of remarkable reputation who practiced his craft on the battlefields of history. An English painter and illustrator, he depicted historical and especially battle scenes that resonated with the pulse of the times. His artistry and expressiveness are on display in our art prints, allowing you to bring the captivating moments he captured on canvas into your own home. In the green expanses of Bamburgh, Northumberland, John Charlton was born on June 28, 1849 to Samuel and Mary Ann Charlton. His talent was revealed at an early age, when he began to draw under the tutelage of his father at the age of three or four. Despite the financial difficulties his family faced, he found inspiration in the books of a Newcastle bookstore and in the work of Thomas Bewick, the "father of wood engraving." After many years at the ironworks of Sir Isaac Bell, his artistic talent was recognized and he was encouraged to develop his art and began attending evening classes at the Newcastle School of Arts with William Bell Scott.
In the mid-nineteenth century Charlton exhibited his first works at the Royal Academy and there followed a period of intense creative activity during which he took up military subjects. His first military painting, Exercise of Artillery Horses on a Frosty Morning, marked the beginning of a new era in his artistic career. Hoping for greater success on the London art scene, Charlton moved south in 1874, where he studied with JD Watson at the South Kensington Museum, now the Victoria and Albert Museum. But while he broadened his horizons and developed his skills in the capital, Charlton remained loyal to his homeland, maintaining a home in Newcastle.
The late 1870s and 1880s, during which British and colonial forces sought to consolidate their control over territories in North and South Africa, were a fertile time for Charlton. Many of his illustrations depicting these historical events were published in The Graphic. Of particular note are his contributions to the Egyptian Campaign of 1882, where he produced many of the eyewitness sketches that were posted by the newspaper's special artists. Through our high quality art prints, you can take home the works of John Charlton and experience the dramatic events and scenes he captured with his skilled hands. Each art print is a tribute to Charlton's skill and ability to bring history to life through art. It is an invitation for you to take this artistic wealth into your own hands.
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.jpg "The Dust Fiend, a Motor-Car in a Country Road by John Charlton")
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.jpg "The Sale of the King")
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.jpg "Hard Pressed, a Woodland Scene by John Charlton")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-264425).jpg "An Officer and a Trumpeter of the 20th Hussars, Review Order by John Charlton")
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.jpg "The Old Style and the New, A Scene at Ranelagh by John Charlton")
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.jpg "A Struggle for the Mastery by John Charlton")
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.jpg "An Objection to Travel by John Charlton")
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.jpg "A Meet of the Coaching Club, Driving through Hyde Park by John Charlton")
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.jpg "A Border Sheep-Show by John Charlton")
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.jpg "A Cafe Chantant at Chalons, Singing the Marseillaise by John Charlton")
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.jpg "The Military Tournament at the Agricultural Hall, A Double Double Musical Ride by the 17th Lancers, the Duke of Cambridge")
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.jpg "Besieged by John Charlton")
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.jpg "Her Majesty")
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.jpg "The State of the London Streets, Ludgate Hill on a Slippery Day by John Charlton")
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.jpg "A Frosty Morning, Cavalry Horses at Exercise by John Charlton")
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.jpg "Military Life in India, Native Cavalry Tent-Pegging in Sections by John Charlton")
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.jpg "The Opening of the Coaching Season, Meet of the Coaching Club at the Magazine, Hyde Park, the First Coach moving off by John Charlton")
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.jpg "Waiting for a Glimpse of Her Majesty, Hyde Park by John Charlton")
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.jpg "The Afghan War, Cavalry crossing a Ford by John Charlton")
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.jpg "With General French at Rensburg, Water for the Fighting Line by John Charlton")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-285139).jpg "Sketches in the Hunting-Field, a Forty Minutes")
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.jpg "Raising the British Flag at Pretoria, Lord Roberts calling for Cheers for the Queen by John Charlton")
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.jpg "The Allies in China, a Novel Experience for the French Contingent by John Charlton")
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.jpg "The Coming of Age of Lord Warkworth, the Garden-Party at Alnwick Castle by John Charlton")
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.jpg "The Return March from Afghanistan, a 40-Pounder in a Quicksand by John Charlton")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-319963).jpg "Sketchs in the Hunting Field, No 1, the Meet by John Charlton")
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.jpg "The Art of Persuasion, Returning from a Ball in India by John Charlton")
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.jpg "The Care of Horses in South Africa, An Antiseptic Bath at Stellenbosch by John Charlton")
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.jpg "God save the King, the Proclamation in the Grand Court, St James")
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.jpg "Freighting Frozen Fish on Lake Winnipeg, Crossing Broken Ice by John Charlton")
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.jpg "From Post to Finish, a Racing Romance by John Charlton")
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.jpg "Into the Jaws of Death, How the Victoria Cross Was Won at the Battle of Colenso by John Charlton")
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.jpg "Tigers on the Line, an Incident in a Journey on the East Indian Railway by John Charlton")
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.jpg "A Good Photograph Spoiled, an Incident During a Riding Display at Christchurch by John Charlton")
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.jpg "The Queen at the Islington Horse Show, the Prize-Winners parading before the Royal Box by John Charlton")
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.jpg "A Hot Chase, British Cavalry driving back a Boer Outpost by John Charlton")
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.jpg "The British in Egypt, A Camel Race by John Charlton")
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.jpg "A Squatter")
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.jpg "The Surrender of Santiago, hoisting the United States Flag on the Governor")
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.jpg "A Hunter in Embryo, his First Jump by John Charlton")
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.jpg "Foxhunting in the North, a Meet of the North Tyne Foxhounds on the Border Hills by John Charlton")
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.jpg "The Disaster at Koornspruit: Driverless Teams Stampeding by John Charlton")
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.jpg "Incidents of a Day")
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.jpg "Unused to War")
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.jpg "The British Mission to Abyssinia, the Difficulties of the Road by John Charlton")
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.jpg "Three Dogs Playing in the Snow, 1881 by John Charlton")
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.jpg "Fighting his Battles over again, describing the Charge to his Comrades by John Charlton")
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.jpg "Yeomanry in Training, the Final Charge on the Boer Position in the Military Tournament at Hightown Camp by John Charlton")
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.jpg "The Recent Severe Weather in the North, the Snow-Plough clearing the Streets at Newcastle-on-Tyne by John Charlton")
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.jpg "The Gun Battery of the CIV, A Scene at Paddington Before the Procession Started by John Charlton")
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.jpg "The Fighting on the Indian Frontier, with the Malakand Field Force by John Charlton")
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.jpg "Sons of the Empire, the Grand Pageant at the Royal Military Tournament at the Agricultural Hall by John Charlton")
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.jpg "The Nile Expedition, a Halt for Water in the Desert between Kosheh and Absarat by John Charlton")
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.jpg "The Advance in the Sudan, the Horrors of a Dervish Baggara Raid by John Charlton")
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.jpg "From Post to Finish, a Racing Romance by John Charlton")
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.jpg "What the War has done to our Cavalry Horses, a Trooper leading his Worn-Out Charger by John Charlton")
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.jpg "On Liberty on the China Station, Jack and Jolly on a Full-Speed Trial at Nanking by John Charlton")
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.jpg "H H Sir Pertab Singh, Maharajah of Idar, a Great Indian Prince, one of the Coronation Guests by John Charlton")
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.jpg "A Runaway Gun Team, an Incident at an Indian Hill Station by John Charlton")
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.jpg "An Ambush, Four Driverless Teams stampeding Out of Action by John Charlton")
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.jpg "The Military Manoeuvres, Artillery on the March by John Charlton")
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.jpg "The Gun Carriage on which the Coffin was Conveyed by John Charlton")
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.jpg "The German Retreat from the Marne, 1915 by John Charlton")
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.jpg "An Annual Festival in Tenerife, Blessing the Animals at San Antonio Abad by John Charlton")
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.jpg "Won in a Canter, a Sketch at Sandown Park by John Charlton")
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.jpg "The Review and Sham Fight before the Emperor of Germany, the Charge of the Hussars by John Charlton")
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.jpg "The Advance in the Soudan, an Incident of the Battle of Abu Hamed by John Charlton")
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.jpg "The German Retreat from the Marne, World War I, September 1914 by John Charlton")
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.jpg "Hunting in Cardiganshire, a Rotten Bank by John Charlton")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-320538).jpg "The Queen of the Hunt by John Charlton")
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.jpg "The Nile Expedition by John Charlton")
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.jpg "The Review Before the Shah at Woolwich, the Royal Horse Artillery Passing at a Gallop by John Charlton")
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.jpg "The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall at Cape Town, Basuto Ponies presented by Children of South Africa by John Charlton")
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.jpg "Converting Omnibus Horses into Chargers, a Sketch at Hounslow Barracks by John Charlton")
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.jpg "Life in a Mexican Cowboys")
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.jpg "An irresistible temptation: Springbok appear where Boers were expected by John Charlton")
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.jpg "Go, experimenting at a Race meeting with the new starting machine by John Charlton")
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.jpg "A Complete Surprise, a Night Attack on a Boer Convoy by Mounted Infantry by John Charlton")
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.jpg "The Use of Mounted Troops in South Africa, Scouting by John Charlton")
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.jpg "A Shooting Party at Lowther Castle, Guests leaving the Luncheon Tent by John Charlton")
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.jpg "May-Day, the Cart-Horse Parade, Prize-Winners by John Charlton")
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.jpg "A Transport in Rough Weather, the After-Deck of the SS Wardha during a Storm by John Charlton")
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.jpg "Life on Lake Winnipeg, in the Nick of Time by John Charlton")
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.jpg "An Old Fashioned Winter, sleighing in the North by John Charlton")
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.jpg "The Sound of the Fife and Drum, the Scots Guards Crossing Rotten Row by John Charlton")
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.jpg "Dinner Time, a Sketch on Board a Transport Ship Conveying Indian Troops from Malta to India by John Charlton")
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.jpg "From Post to Finish, a Racing Romance by John Charlton")
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.jpg "The Battle of Elands Laagte, the Final Charge of the 5th Lancers by John Charlton")
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.jpg "A New Sport, Duck-Sticking in the Modder River by John Charlton")
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.jpg "French Artillery Crossing the Flooded Aisne and Saving the Guns by John Charlton")
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.jpg "Lord R Churchill in South Africa, a Sporting Match at Fort Salisbury by John Charlton")
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.jpg "Countess Spencer on the hunter Goldfinch and John Poyntz, 5th Earl Spencer on Misrule, with the Pytchley Hunt by John Charlton")
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.jpg "A Day")
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.jpg "Transport Difficulties, Crossing the Riet River in a Dust-Storm by John Charlton")
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.jpg "The Cavalry Manoeuvres in Berkshire, Officers of the Horse Guards and Life Guards Swimming their Horses Across the Thames by John Charlton")
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.jpg "The Manoeuvres on Salisbury Plain, A Severe Test of Skill in Driving by John Charlton")
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.jpg "Sport in California, A Rabbit Drive by John Charlton")
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.jpg "In Search of Miss Stone, the American Mission on the Road to Djuma-i-Bala by John Charlton")
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.jpg "Pig Sticking on the Churs of the Bramapootra, Surprised by a Tiger by John Charlton")
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