Queen Matilda (Original)

Artist: William Francis Marshall
Medium: Watercolour on Board
Size: 10" x 13" (260mm x 320mm)
Date: 1972
Code: MarshallMatilda

This is the unique original Watercolour painting by William Francis Marshall.

Queen Matilda of Denmark gives Dr Struensee the highest title in the land, that of Count, and pinned sparkling diamonds of the Order of Matilda on his chest.

From Look and Learn 544 (17 June 1972).

• Artist Biography
  William Francis Marshall (1901 - 1980)
  Francis Marshall studied at Slade before entering the world of advertising illustration. In 1928 he began a 10-year relationship with Condé Nast, drawing for Vogue. In 1959 he wrote a successful book on drawing entitled Magazine Illustration.