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Harry Payne (1858 – 1927) was an English military artist.

Biography

With his brother, Arthur C. Payne, he produced many series of oilette postcards for Raphael Tuck & Sons and also did extensive work for Gale and Polden producing illustrations for their postcard series along with other military artists including Edgar A. Holloway, John McNeill, and Ernest Ibbetson.

In 1898 he and his brother Arthur created a series of chromolithographic and lithographic illustrations for an edition of Robert Browning's The Pied Piper of Hamelin.

Legacy

His 1901 painting of the Royal Horse Guards crossing Horse Guards Parade was sold at Bonhams in 2007 for over £50,000^[1].

Gallery

Welsh Guards	The Manchester Regiment in the 1880s	Private of the East Lancashire Regiment in pre-1914	The Duke of Wellington's Regiment in the 1880s
The King's Royal Rifle Corps	The 17th Lancers advancing

Further Reading

• Cane, Michael (1977). For Queen and Country: The Career of Harry Payne, Military Artist, 1858-1927. Kingston: Michael Cane.
• Harrington, Peter (2001). British Army Uniforms in Color as Illustrated by John McNeill, Ernest Ibbetson, Edgar A. Holloway and Harry Payne, c. 1908-1919. Atglen, PA: Schiffer
• Harris, R.G., "Harry Payne - Military Artist," Tradition, No. 46, 1970, pp. 13-16.

External links

• Anne S. K. Brown Military Collection, Brown University Library oil panels, water-colors, and prints by Harry Payne