Foreign Legion (Original)

Artist: Angus McBride
Medium: Gouache on Board
Size: 30" x 11" (750mm x 270mm)
Date: 1972
Code: McBrideFFLegion

This is the unique original Gouache painting by Angus McBride.

The Foreign Legion attracted into its ranks a motley gathering of men who saw it as a chance to escape from their past and find a new life in a new army. The Foreign Legion dates back to 1831.

This art originally appeared in Look and Learn issue 545, 24th June 1972 and was reprinted in issue 970, 11th October 1980. Please note this art board has been cut almost in half and folded while in storage at the publishers, this is reflected in the asking price.

• Artist Biography
  Angus McBride (1931 - 2007; UK & South Africa)
  Angus McBride is one of the world's most respected historical and fantasy illustrators, and contributed to numerous books, magazines and articles, including the classic Look & Learn, JRR Tolkein's Lord of the Rings, and more than 70 Osprey titles in the past three decades. Born in 1931 of Highland parents, but orphaned as a child, he was educated at Canterbury Cathedral Choir School. He worked in advertising agencies from 1947, and after National Service, emigrated to South Africa where he lived for several years, before relocating to Ireland before his sad demise in 2007.