History's Heroes: Arminius's Assassination (Original)

Artist: F R Exell
Medium: Gouache on Board
Size: 12" x 7" (310mm x 190mm)
Date: 1973
Code: Exell2KillerLL

This is the unique original Gouache painting by F R Exell.

He Broke the Might of Rome: Arminius was a chieftain of the Cherusci who defeated a Roman army in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest.

His influence held an allied coalition of Germanic tribes together in opposition to the Romans. Arminius was killed at the hands of opponents within his own tribe, who felt he was becoming too powerful.

• Artist Biography
  F R Exell
  Not much is known about this accomplished book illustrator who appeared most active in the 1960s and 1970s. Exell illustrated the paperback editions of 'Moonfleet' by J Mead Falkner (1963 edition) and 'The Quarantine Child' by Geraldine Symons (published 1966) and illustrated the 'History's Heroes' feature for Look and Learn magazine in the 1970s.