Peter Paul Marshall (1830 – 16 February 1900) was a Scottish civil engineer and amateur painter, and a founding partner of the

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firm Morris & Co., Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co. Marshall was born in Edinburgh, the son of local artist, William Marshall, and was educated at

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. He worked as a draughtsman for

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, a civil engineer and early Scottish railway builder. In 1847, he became an assistant to architect

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, and accompanied him to

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when Newlands was appointed Civil Engineer to the Borough. Marshall exhibited paintings at the Liverpool Academy in 1852 and 1854.Gibeling (1996), pp. 8-9. Marshall was living in London by 16 March 1857, when he married Augusta Buchanan Miller, daughter of John Miller, an important early patron of the artists of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. Later that year he became surveyor to the

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Local Board of Health. Marshall was introduced to Pre-Raphaelite circles in London by

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, whom he had probably met when Madox Brown was exhibiting in Liverpool in the 1850s.Gibeling (1996), p. 10. In 1861 Marshall became a founder-shareholder in Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co., "Fine Art Workmen in Painting, Carving, Furniture and the Metals," along with

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, Charles Faulkner,

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, and

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.Harvey & Press (1991), p. 38 Marshall's exact role in the firm is unclear. According to

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, the idea of forming a decorative arts firm originated with Marshall, and Marshall designed some stained glass panels and furniture for the firm, but most writers have followed Morris's biographer

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in discounting Marshall's contributions. Marshall continued his work as a civil engineer during the early years of the partnership. He resigned his position with the Tottenham Board of Health under pressure following a typhoid outbreak in 1873. He exhibited several paintings between 1873 and 1875, when Morris, Marshall, Faulkner, & Co. was dissolved, and continued to paint after he accepted the position of City Engineer in Norwich in 1877, a position he held until June 1893 when his health began to fail. He retired to

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the following year, where he continued his artistic pursuits. He died on 16 February 1900.Gibeling (1996), p. 13

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Marshall, Peter Paul Scottish civil engineers 19th-century Scottish painters Scottish male painters Engineers from Edinburgh 1830 births 1900 deaths Morris & Co. Artists from Edinburgh