FIW: Relevant Osprey Publishing Titles

Here's a quick list of the relevant titles I've found from Osprey Publishing, for the student of the North American campaign during the French and Indian War. Reviews may follow.

General Military: Empires Collide

Essential Histories 44: The French-Indian War 1754–1760

 

Campaign 140: Monongahela 1754–55

 

 

Campaign 260: Fort William Henry 1755–57

 

 

Campaign 79: Louisbourg 1758

 

 

 Campaign 76: Ticonderoga 1758

 

 

Campaign 121: Quebec 1759

 

 

Warrior 19: British Redcoat 1740–93

 

 

Warrior 126: Highlander in the French-Indian War

 

 

Warrior 42: Redcoat Officer

 

 

Warrior 88: British Light Infantryman of the Seven Years' War, North America 1757-63

 

 

 

Warrior 85: American Colonial Ranger, The Northern Colonies 1724–64

 

 

 Men-at-Arms 48: Wolfe's Army

 

 

Men-at-Arms 395: Tribes of the Iroquois Confederacy

 

 

Men-at-Arms 228: American Woodland Indians

 

 

Men-at-Arms 467: North American Indian Tribes of the Great Lakes

 

 

Men-at-Arms 428: Indian Tribes of the New England Frontier

 

 

Raid 46: Montcalm's Crushing Blow

 

 

Raid 27: Tomahawk and Musket

 

 

 Fortress 27: French Fortresses in North America

 

 

Fortress 75: The Forts of New France

 

 

 Fortress 93: The Forts of New France

 

 

Fortress 101: The Forts of Colonial North America

 

 

 Men-at-Arms 313: Louis XV's Army, Colonial and Naval Troops

 

 

 Men-at-Arms 372: Colonial American Troops (2)

 

 

Men-at-Arms 383: Colonial American Troops (3)

 

 

I hope this list is useful for others. If you know of omissions, or a better volume than any of those above-named, please do not hesitate to leave an informative reply. Cheers. 



No Wikipedia Article on Victor Mays?

It seems like an oversight, because there are certainly quite a few galleries of his lovely work online, where a brief bio can be found. For now, here are just a few examples.

Victor Mays, Painter & Illustrator

Art of War: Robert Griffing, Nat Youngblood, Randy Steele and Others

I've been reading quite a bit of pretty dry history and technical information lately, studying up for this project. So yesterday I went searching for something more visually informative, and discovered that I liked the work of at least three of the artists in particular (and that at least two people had recommended one of them at least two weeks ago).

That Victor Mays painting I posted yesterday (the cover to F. van Wyck Mason's The Battle for Quebec) reminded me of the effect that the (somewhat?) romanticized paintings had on me as a kid learning about the conflict.

I'll have to look these guys up, in addition to just posting some of their work, but first, here are some barely researched and largely unattributed, but nonetheless informative pictures.

Robert Griffing

 

Nat Youngblood

 

Randy Steele

 

 

Giuseppe Rava

 

 

A Host of Others:

 

 

 

 

Hopefully, I'll edit this post as I learn more about these artists and their works. Some interesting details are evident in many of them, and perhaps we'll revisit them later to discuss them more specifically.

 

 

For now, this is my first attempt at an FIW visual archive, which suggests that maybe I need a Pinterest, or should use my flickr or photobucket. But I did notice yesterday that Picasa archives my blogger, so that's nice to know.

 

 

Of note also is the fine FIW flickr of oabee, which consists almost entirely of Robt. Griffing Woodland Native portraits and groups, which should be the top link on the right-hand sidebar on my blog, but here it is again in case I lost it: https://www.flickr.com/photos/92083398@N08/with/8452093048/

 

 

A brief post today, without a lot of research or attribution, but a visually fulfilling one no less. It gives an idea of the participants, and their equipment. Artist bios welcomed.

 

Much more to follow. If you know more about these, please leave a reply.

 

Update: As you can see by the nifty new Artist Appreciation Widget, which is now in the new upper right-hand corner of the page, I even found the time to link to some sites which perhaps are attached to the artists themselves. Further perusal there can only be encouraged, and I salute their efforts to delineate this important historical conflict.