George Francklin Atkinson
George Francklin Atkinson (1822–1859), was a British artist and writer and an officer of the Bengal Engineers. His paintings depicted colonial life and military battles, mainly in India. He was the son of James Atkinson who was also an artist, as well as a surgeon and a Persian scholar.
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George Francklin Atkinson
![A bride and a bridegroom talking to one another as they are carried separately in sedan chairs. Tinted lithograph by F. Jones, 1860, after G.F. Atkinson., [1860], by George Francklin Atkinson](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/V0041083/full/1280,/0/default.jpg)
George Francklin Atkinson · Wellcome Collection, London · Wellcome Collection · Public Domain Mark
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- 1822
- Died
- 1859
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- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
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- military officer · painter · draftsperson · artist · soldier
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George Francklin Atkinson (1822–1859), was a British artist and writer and an officer of the Bengal Engineers. His paintings depicted colonial life and military battles, mainly in India. He was the son of James Atkinson who was also an artist, as well as a surgeon and a Persian scholar.
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Atkinson served with the Bengal Engineers between 1840 and 1859, and witnessed the Sepoy Rebellion of 1857.
![A British administrator and retired physician driving a carriage at high speed, accompanied by an Indian servant. Coloured lithograph by E. Walker after Captain G.F. Atkinson., [1860], by George Francklin Atkinson](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/V0016082/full/800,/0/default.jpg)
A British administrator and retired physician driving a carriage at high speed, accompanied by an Indian servant. Coloured lithograph by E. Walker after Captain G.F. Atkinson., [1860], by George Francklin Atkinson
George Francklin Atkinson · Wellcome Collection, London · Wellcome Collection
![Indian Rebellion: wounded soldiers convalescing at Dagshai, India. Tinted lithograph by T. Picken, 1859, after G.F. Atkinson., [1859], by George Francklin Atkinson](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/V0015319/full/800,/0/default.jpg)
Indian Rebellion: wounded soldiers convalescing at Dagshai, India. Tinted lithograph by T. Picken, 1859, after G.F. Atkinson., [1859], by George Francklin Atkinson
George Francklin Atkinson · Wellcome Collection, London · Wellcome Collection
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• Illustration — Storming the Batteries at Badle-Serai, depicting the Sepoy Rebellion of 1857
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