Harry Everett Townsend

Early in life he displayed his talent for art by earning money as a sign painter for local businessmen.

During the summers he serviced farm equipment for the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company and traveled to the American Southwest.

In 1900 Townsend began to work with Howard Pyle, after which he studied briefly in Paris and in London.

The onset of war forced Townsend to return to the United States, where he resumed his work as an illustrator.

He produced a number of images showing how the rigors of combat eventually leave little to distinguish between winners and losers in war.