War correspondent and artist, born in London, and educated in France; studied in the schools of art at South Kensington, and became a student of the Royal Academy in 1870. In 1876, as special artist and correspondent of the London Graphic, he went through the Servian campaign with Mr. Archibald Forbes. In the war between Turkey and Russia he was present at all the chief engagements. In June 1878, he went to Malta, and in November he left England for Afghanistan. He went through the first part of that campaign till the signing of the treaty of Gundamuk; then left for Australia, traveled through New Zealand, and returned to England via San Francisco and New York, thus making a journey round the world. He was on H.M.S. Condor during the bombardment of Alexandria; was present during the Egyptian campaign. In 1884 was with General Graham in the operations against the Arabs; in the autumn of 1884 and the spring of 1885 was with the Nile expedition for the relief of Khartoum, being present at the battles of Abu-Klea and the advance upon Metemmeh; in November 1885, started for Servia; and was with the Servian forces at all the chief encounters with the Bulgarians. He accompanied Lord Dufferin on his tour of India, lectured in the United States in 1890 on his varied experiences, and added to them in 1894 and 1895, as representative of Black and White in China, during the war with Japan.
