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Richard Simkin

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He died at his home at 7 Cavendish Street, Herne Bay on 25 June 1926, survived by his wife and two daughters. Today, his pictures can be seen in numerous regimental museums and his illustrations appear in regimental histories, while watercolours frequently come up for auction.
54:. In 1901 he created a series of 'Types of the Indian Army' for the Gazette; he obtained much of the information from the Colonial and India Exhibition of 1886. During his lifetime, he, along with 300:
Richard Simkin's uniforms of the British Army: Infantry, Royal Artillery, Royal Engineers and other corps: from the collection of Captain K.J. Douglas-Morris, RN
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Richard Simkin's uniforms of the British Army: the cavalry regiments: from the collection of Captain K.J. Douglas-Morris, RN
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produced thousands of watercolours depicting the uniforms and campaigns of the
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The best biographical information on the artist is Carman, William Y. (1982).
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British Soldiers Past and Present: Their Dress and Equipment from 1600 to Date
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Richard Simkin's Uniforms of the British Army: The Cavalry Regiments
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Richard Simkin: A Collection of Prints and Related Correspondence
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Anne S. K. Brown Military Collection, Brown University Library
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Uniforms of the British Army, in Twelve Representative Plates
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and others; many were published by Raphael Tuck and sons.
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The Boy's Books of British Battles from 1704 to 1882
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to design recruiting posters, and to illustrate the
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Index

military uniforms
Herne Bay
Aldershot
Artists Rifles
War Office
Orlando Norie
British Army
Boy's Own Magazine
The Graphic
The Connaught Rangers
The King's Regiment
Imperial Yeomanry
ISBN
0-906671-13-2
ISBN
0-86350-031-5
OCLC
315699966
Works by or about Richard Simkin
Internet Archive
Anne S. K. Brown Military Collection, Brown University Library
Categories
1850 births
1926 deaths
British illustrators
British war artists
19th-century war artists

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