Herbert Menzies Marshall (1 August 1841 – 2 March 1913)MARSHALL, Herbert Menzies
''Who Was Who'', A & C Black, 1920–2016 (online edition, Oxford University Press, 2014, accessed 12 Nov 2016) was an English

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painter and illustrator, and earlier in life a cricket player.

Early life

Marshall was born in

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, the son of a County Court judge, and educated at

Westminster School (God Gives the Increase) , established = Earliest records date from the 14th century, refounded in 1560 , type = Public school Independent day and boarding school , religion = Church of England , head_label = Hea ...

, London, and

Trinity College, Cambridge Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1546 by Henry VIII, King Henry VIII, Trinity is one of the largest Cambridge colleges, with the largest financial endowment of any college at either Cambridge ...

, where he earned a "

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" at

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. He studied architecture under

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in Paris and at the

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, London where he was awarded a "travelling studentship". When he returned to the academy in 1869, he decided to train instead as a watercolourist.

Cricket career

A right-handed

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who played mostly for

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, he made 15 appearances in first-class matches. He played for the Gentlemen in the

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series in 1861 and 1862. His highest score was 76 not out, out of a team total of 151, for Cambridge University in the annual match against

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in 1861. According to his ''

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'' obituary, he "was generally considered the best long stop of his day", his fielding to the "tremendously fast bowling" of his Cambridge team-mate Robert Lang being exceptional.''Wisden'' 1914, p. 189.

Art career

Marshall exhibited in London at the

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Royal Watercolour Society The Royal Watercolour Society is a British institution of painters working in watercolours. The Society is a centre of excellence for water-based media on paper, which allows for a diverse and interesting range of approaches to the medium of wa ...

and elsewhere. He was a member of the

(RWS) and Royal Society of Painters and Etchers. In 1914, he became professor of landscape painting at Queen’s College, London, where he remained until his death. Marshall became known for his cityscapes of London but also painted in other parts of England and Scotland, and on the continent in the Netherlands, France and Germany.

Bibliography

;Written and/or illustrated by Marshall: *Howson, E W & Warner, G T.
Harrow school
' (London, E. Arnold, 1898). * Mitton, G. E.
The scenery of London
' (A. & C. Black, 1905). *Marshall, Herbert.
London water-colours
' (A & C Black, 1915). *Marshall, Herbert & Hester.
Cathedral cities of France
' (Dodd, Mead & Co., 1919). * Lucas, E. V. ''A Wanderer in Holland'' (London, Methuen & Co, 1905). ;About Marshall * Huish, M. B.
British water-colour art etc
' (London Fine Art Society, A. and C. Black, 1904) pp 147–149. * H S Altham, ''A History of Cricket, Volume 1 (to 1914)'', George Allen & Unwin, 1962 *

Arthur Haygarth Arthur Haygarth (4 August 1825 – 1 May 1903) was a noted amateur cricketer who became one of cricket's most significant historians. He played first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club and Sussex between 1844 and 1861, as well as num ...

, ''Scores & Biographies'', Volumes 1-11 (1744-1870), Lillywhite, 1862-72

Notes

External links

H M Menzies
(hayesfineart.com).
Paintings by Marshall
(wikigallery.org) * *

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