Harry Payne (artist)

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Harry Payne (1858–1927) was an English military artist.

Biography[]

Henry Joseph Payne, born at Newington, London, the son of Joseph and Margaret Sophie Payne. His father was a solicitor's clerk. He married Susanna Terese Cossins at Camberwell on 16 June 1887 and they had no children.

With his brother, , he produced many series of oilette postcards for Raphael Tuck & Sons and also did extensive work for Gale and Polden producing illustrations for their postcard series along with other military artists including Edgar Alfred Holloway, John McNeill, and .

In 1898, he and his brother Arthur created a series of chromolithographic and lithographic illustrations for an edition of Robert Browning's The Pied Piper of Hamelin.

Harry Payne was a part time volunteer soldier, serving with the Queen's Own West Kent Yeomanry. In 1905 he received the Imperial Yeomanry Long Service Medal, he then having the rank of sergeant.[1]

Legacy[]

His 1901 painting of the Royal Horse Guards crossing Horse Guards Parade was sold at Bonhams in 2007 for over £50,000.[2]

Gallery[]

See also[]

Further reading[]

  • Cane, Michael (1977). For Queen and Country: The Career of Harry Payne, Military Artist, 1858-1927. Kingston: Michael Cane. OCLC 28514215
  • Harrington, Peter (2001). British Army Uniforms in Color as Illustrated by John McNeill, Ernest Ibbetson, Edgar A. Holloway and Harry Payne, c. 1908-1919. Atglen, PA: Schiffer. ISBN 0764313029 OCLC 47663780
  • Harris, R.G., "Harry Payne - Military Artist," Tradition, No. 46, 1970, pp. 13–16.

References[]

  1. ^ The Orders & Medals Research Society Journal, Vol 26 No 3, Autumn 1987, page 202.
  2. ^ "Lewisham Council - 1968 Harry Payne Collection" (PDF). Retrieved 18 September 2009.

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