Artist: William Francis Marshall (biography)
Medium: Gouache on Board
Size: 13" x 13" (330mm x 320mm)
Date: 1975

This is the unique original Gouache painting by William Francis Marshall.

The painting depicts Marshal Ney refusing a blindfold in front of a firing squad, but did he really die? A school teacher in America named Peter Ney claimed on his deathbed that he was the former Marshal of France who Napoleon had once called The Bravest of the Brave!

Originally published in Look and Learn issue 693, 26th April 1975.

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