Benjamin Marshall

Benjamin Marshall ( born November 8, 1768 in Seagrave, † July 24, 1835 in Bethnal Green ) was an English painter.

Life

Benjamin Marshall was the fifth of seven children of the married couple Charles and Elizabeth Marshall. About his education is not known. In 1789 he married Mary Saunders, who came from Ratby and with whom he had seven children. For 1791, an activity is assigned as a teacher; In the same year he moved to London, where he studied briefly at Lemuel Francis Abbott. His decision to mainly be an animal painter is returned to the impression that the picture Death of a Fox by Sawrey Gilpin made ​​on him, he looked at the Royal Academy of Arts 1793.

Between 1796 and 1832 60 images were printed in the Marshalls Sporting Magazine. In 1800 he had his first exhibition at the Royal Academy; to 1819 he was there again and again painting, preferably of race horses and their owners. In 1812 he moved to Norfolk in the near Newmarket, where he could study his favorite subject, the high-bred horses in great detail. He lived there until 1825; in 1820 with a specially built for him studio. From 1821 he was racing correspondent for the Sporting Magazine. He published his reports under the pseudonym " Observer ". In 1825 he moved back to London and settled in Bethnal Green.

Benjamin Marshall was a friend of Daniel Lambert 1806 and created a portrait of this man, which today is located in Leicester in Newarkes House Museum.

Daniel Lambert

Dustman

Black and Tan Terrier