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Emil Hippolyt Elisar William von Simpson (* 19. April 1881 in Nettienen (westlich von Georgenburg in Ostpreußen ); † 11. Mai 1945 in Scharbeutz, Schleswig-Holstein) war ein deutscher Schriftsteller . Inhaltsverzeichnis. 1 Biografie. 2 Schriftsteller. 3 Hauptwerke. 4 Nebenwerke. 5 Weblinks. Biografie.
Dubbed the earliest of war artists, William Simpson was responsible for documenting the Crimean War. Discover his story and see some of his fascinating illustrations…
William Simpson was born in Glasgow where he trained as a lithographer and in 1851 moved to London where he quickly found work with the printers Day & Son. In 1854 war in the Crimea broke out and Simpson was commissioned to prepare a drawing anticipating the eminent fall of...
William Simpson (28 October 1823 – 17 August 1899) was a Scottish artist, war artist and war correspondent. Born into poverty in Glasgow, Simpson went on to become one of the leading 'special artists' of his day, and sketched many scenes of war for the Illustrated London News.
- British
- October 28, 1823
- Glasgow, United Kingdom
- August 17, 1899
May 5, 2016 · I have recently finished cataloguing an album of sketches from the Crimean War by the Scottish artist William Simpson. It is a fascinating volume, not only as an important resource from this period in history, but also for the picture it paints of Simpson himself as an artist and a collector.
William Simpson (1823-1899) Often referred to as the ‘doyen’, the ‘prince’ and the ‘very paladin’ of pictorial correspondents, William Simpson was in fact working for Colnaghi’s, the printmakers, when he first set out to provide graphic reportage from the battlefields of the Crimea in 1854.
William was the eldest of six children of the landowner George von Simpson (1853–1899) and his wife Ellen, b. von der Groeben (1854–1934). He attended the Insterburger grammar school (presumably, according to a classmate).
