ORLANDO NORIE (1832-1901) '17th Lancers'

Note: Along with Richard Simkin, Orlando Norie was probably the most prolific painter of military subjects in the latter part of the 19th century.
Of Scottish ancestry, Norie was born in Bruges but spent a number of years working in Dunkirk painting for the firm of Rudolf Ackermann. He gained early recognition for his Crimean War paintings of a number of the famous battles such as Alma, Inkerman and Balaclava which Ackerman then sold as prints. He was highly regarded by the company and this was probably borne out by the sales of his prints.
Besides exhibiting through the Ackerman, he also showed at the Royal Academy and the New Watercolour Society between 1876 and 1889.