3-085-657 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The late Mr. H. Stacy Marks, R.A., 1898. 'Mr. Henry Stacy Marks, who retired from the ranks of Royal Academicians a few years ago, has given to the world such a vivid picture of his early aspirations, and of their realisation under happy circumstances, that it is scarcely possible to say anything concerning his career which is not already known...some of his earliest work was painting coats-of-arms upon the panels of the carriages built by his father...he has seldom painted except on the spur of inspiration. It was absolutely foreign to his habits to produce pictures in order to supply the dealer's demands or the patron's pleasure. He retained far more of the Bohemian spirit which pervaded art-circles at home and abroad fifty years ago...For many years he devoted himself chiefly to decorative work for public and private buildings, and part of the frieze - illustrative of the arts and manufactures - which runs round the Albert Hall was due to his design...He died on Jan. 9, aged sixty-eight, at his home overlooking Regent's Park'. From "Illustrated London News", 1898.