George Cattermole

George Cattermole RWS (10 August 1800 – 24 July 1868) was a British painter and illustrator, chiefly in watercolours.

At the age of fourteen he began working as an architectural and topographical draughtsman for the antiquary John Britton.

Among his leading works are The Murder of the Bishop of Liege, The Armourer relating the Story of the Sword, The Assassination of the Regent Murray by Hamilton of Bothwellhaugh, and (in oil) A Terrible Secret.

[2] He was largely employed by publishers, illustrating the Cathedral Antiquities of England produced by John Britton,[3] the Waverley Novels, and the Historical Annual of his brother Richard Cattermole (his scenes from the wars of Cavaliers and Roundheads in this series are among his best engraved works), and many other volumes besides.

[citation needed] Cattermole specialized in rendering scenes of chivalry, of medievalism, and generally of the romantic aspects of the past.