The Chronicler of Valor: The Life and Legacy of Orlando Norie In the grand tapestry of Victorian art, few threads are as vibrant or as densely woven as those spun by Orlando Norie. A titan of military watercolor, Norie possessed an almost superhuman capacity for documentation, leaving behind a staggering legacy estimated at over 5,000 individual works. Born in 1832 in the historic city of Bruges, Belgium, to Scottish parents who had ventured to the continent for commerce, his origins were a unique blend of European cosmopolitanism and British heritage. This dual identity perhaps prepared him…