Herbert Menzies Marshall (1 August 1841 – 2 March 1913)[1] was an Englishwatercolour painter and illustrator,[2] and earlier in life a cricket player.
Marshall was born inLeeds, the son of a County Court judge, and educated atWestminster School, London, andTrinity College, Cambridge,[1] where he earned a "blue" atcricket.[3] He studied architecture underCharles-Auguste Questel in Paris and at theRoyal Academy, London where he was awarded a "travelling studentship". When he returned to the academy in 1869, he decided to train instead as a watercolourist.
A right-handedbatsman who played mostly forCambridge University, he made 15 appearances in first-class matches.[4] He played for the Gentlemen in theGentlemen v Players 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 againstOxford University in 1861. According to hisWisden obituary, he "was generally considered the bestlong stop of his day", his fielding to the "tremendously fast bowling" of his Cambridge team-mateRobert Lang being exceptional.[5]
Marshall exhibited in London at theRoyal Academy,Fine Art Society,Royal Watercolour Society and elsewhere. He was a member of theRoyal Watercolour Society (RWS) andRoyal 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.
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