The Death of Marshal Ney (Original)

Artist: William Francis Marshall
Medium: Gouache on Board
Size: 13" x 13" (330mm x 320mm)
Date: 1975
Code: MarshallNey

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

The painting depicts Marshal Ney refusing a blindfold in front of a firing squad, but did he really die? A school teacher in America named Peter Ney claimed on his deathbed that he was the former Marshal of France who Napoleon had once called The Bravest of the Brave!

Originally published in Look and Learn issue 693, 26th April 1975.

• 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.