a large mural, King Alfred's long-ships defeat the Danes, 877, for St. Stephen's Hall in the Palace of Westminster. This was followed by mural commissions for the Bank of England, Essex County Hall in Chelmsford and Northampton Guildhall. In the early thirties, Gill had an affair with Mabel Lethbridge, a Great War heroine and writer, while occupying a studio on the first floor of her Chelsea home. Her daughter Sue was the child model for Gill's 1934 painting The Kerry Flute Player In 1938, under the name Richard Saxby, Gill with his wife Una Long published the book Five Came to London. In 1939, he received a commission to paint murals at the Johannesburg Magistrates' Courts and it was in South Africa, in November 1940, that he died, aged 48, of an illness. References External links 1892 births 1940 deaths 20th-century English male artists 20th-century English painters Academics of the Royal College of Art Alumni of the Slade School of Fine Art British Army personnel of World War I British war artists Camoufleurs English male painters People from Bexleyheath Royal Garrison Artillery soldiers Royal Engineers officers World War I artists Royal Garrison Artillery officers Military personnel from Kent