Francis Marshall: Drawing Fashion This Book Opens an Exciting Archive of Fashion

This book opens an exciting archive of fashion illustration by Francis Marshall (19011980), whose career coincided with the golden age of fashion illustration and handdrawn commercial art of the 1930s1950s.

For much of the 20th century, Marshall was one of Britains most prolific and highly regarded fashion illustrators; his work was published widely, in Vogue and the Daily Mail, and in advertising for Jaeger, Fortnum and Mason, Liberty, and Elizabeth Arden, as well as in his own books.

During WWII, he worked for the British Navys camouflage unit, famous for its ingenious feats of deception.

Later he became known for the 200 covers he illustrated for the romantic fiction of prolific author Dame Barbara Cartland.

This new book shines a light on this mostly forgotten master, at a time when fashion illustration is very much in style.