Death of a Duke (Original)
Medium: Gouache on Board
Size: 11" x 9" (270mm x 220mm)
Date: 1974
Code: KeayDukeOrleans
This is the unique original Gouache painting by Jack Keay.
For years France had been torn apart by two factions the Burgundians and the Armagnacs; both sides trying to influence the life of the Dauphin, son of the mad king. The Armagnacs took their name from the name of the Duke of Orlean's wife.
One winter evening in 1409 while riding home from dinner with the queen the Duke was set upon and killed by Burgundian troops.
From the series The Wonderful Story of France published in Look and Learn issue 669, 9th November 1974.
- Artist BiographyJack "John" Edwin Keay (10 May 1907 - 1999; King's Norton, UK)
Artist who contributed a variety of illustrations and covers to Look and Learn. When he signed his work, it was usually as “Jack Keay”. Jack Keay was born in King's Norton, Worcestershire, on 10 May 1907. Little is known about Keay's career, but he was a popular book cover artist who worked for Pan, Panther, Hutchinson, Fontana and Four Square in the 1957-62 period.
Keay illustrated a number of books in the 1970s and 1980s, including The Change of Life by Muriel E. Landau (1971), Gunfighters of the Wild West by Eric Inglefield (1978), American Civil War by Philip Clark (1988), American War of Independence by Philip Clark (1988) and Viking Explorers by Rupert Matthews (1989). He died in Hounslow, London, in 1999, aged 92.
Jack Keay is not to be mistaken for John R. Keay (qv) who also contributed to Look and Learn.
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