(1806 - 1890)
Scene painter Charles Marshall was born in St Pancras, London; the son of a butcher. He studied under John Wilson and won a gold medal at the Society of Arts aged 22. Marshall became a pupil of Gaetano Marinari, scene painter at Drury Lane. He was later employed by several London Theatre managers, including at Drury Lane, the Surrey Theatre and Covent Garden. Marshall showed landscape paintings at the Royal Academy, British Institution and Society of British Artists. He was also involved in the exhibition of moving panoramas: continuous views of scenery on spools, scrolled past the audience. After retirement in 1858, he continued to paint landscapes. He painted some of the interior of Westminster Abbey for the coronation of Queen Victoria.
