Orlando Norie

Orlando Norie (1832–1901), artist of military subjects, was perhaps the most prolific painter of the British army in the 19th century along with Richard Simkin.

Although his family were of Scottish descent, they had moved to the continent, and Orlando was born in Bruges, Belgium on 15 January 1832.

He spent most of his working life in Dunkirk where he painted many scenes, primarily in watercolor by the firm of Rudolf Ackermann.

This company's Eclipse Sporting and Military Gallery served as an outlet for many of the artist's watercolors.

Norie was viewed as the natural successor to Henry Martens, and Ackermann's were so pleased with his work that they occasionally profiled him in exhibitions, one of which was staged in 1873 to showcase his pictures of the recent Autumn Manoeuvres held in September and October 1871 around Aldershot and the Surrey heaths.