STATE BARGE ON THE RIVER THAMES 1935 Frank O. Salisbury PRINT

Original 1935 print titled THE STATE BARGE ON THE RIVER THAMES: THE KING AND QUEEN VISITING HENLEY REGATTA IN 1912 IN THE ROYAL CRAFT BUILT IN 1689 BY WILLIAM III & AN INSTALLATION OF KNIGHTS OF THE ORDER OF THE BATH: THE KING MAKING HIS OFFERING OF GOLD AND SILVER IN KING HENRY VII’S CHAPEL IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY ON MAY 10, 1928.

King George V and Queen Mary.

Both paintings by Frank O. Salisbury (1874 - 1962). An English artist who specialised in portraits, large canvases of historical and ceremonial events, stained glass and book illustration. In his heyday he made a fortune on both sides of the Atlantic and was known as "Britain’s Painter Laureate". His art was steadfastly conservative and he was a vitriolic critic of Modern Art – particularly of his contemporaries Picasso, Chagall and Mondrian. Salisbury’s great forte was in his painting of over forty large canvases of historical and national events, a field in which he was virtually unchallenged until 1951. The two most significant of these are The Heart of Empire – the Jubilee Thanksgiving in St Paul's Cathedral 1935 and The Coronation of their Royal Majesties King George VI and Queen Elizabeth 1937.

Published in The Illustrated London News

Overall size 13 3/4 inch x 9 3/8 inch

The print is in very good condition. Reverse side blank.