the founders of Colchester Art Society and later the Society's president. Nash bequeathed his personal library and several of his paintings and engravings to The Minories, Colchester, who later sold most of the material to the Tate. Nash became an Associate of the Royal Academy in 1940 and a full member in 1951. He became a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1964. His retrospective exhibition at the Royal Academy in 1967 was the first for a living painter. Nash suffered from severe arthritis in later years. His wife died in 1976; they had been married for over 58 years. Nash died on 23 September 1977, in Colchester. They are both buried at St Andrew's, Wormingford, Essex. Ronald Blythe inherited Bottengoms from Nash. References Ronald Blythe, 'Nash, John Northcote (1893–1977)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2006 accessed 26 June 2014 Further reading Blythe, Ronald. John Nash's Cats. (2003. Liverpool: Wood Lea) Colvin, Clare. John Nash Book Designs. (1986. Colchester: The Minories) Freer, Allen. John Nash: The Delighted Eye. (1993. London: Ashgate) (hard) (paper) Friend, Andy. John Nash : the landscape of love and solace. (2020. London: Thames & Hudson) Greenwood, Jeremy, ed. The Wood Engravings of John Nash. A Catalogue of the Wood Engravings, Early Lithographs, Etchings and Engravings on Metal (1987. Liverpool: Wood Lea) John Nash. (British Artists of Today, 11.) (1925. London: Fleuron) Lambirth, Andrew. John Nash: Artist and Countryman. (2020. London: Unicorn) Lascelles, Venetia John Nash in Meadle 1922–1939 (2006, privately published) Lewis, John. John Nash: The Painter as Illustrator. (1978. Godalming: Pendomer) Nash, John. English Garden Flowers. (1948. London: Duckworth) Packer, William. "John Nash and Over the Top." The Jackdaw (December/January 2006) Rothenstein, John. John Nash (1983. London. MacDonald) External links John Nash in the Imperial War Museum Collection. John Nash's Cats John Nash in Wormingford – V&A Museum 1893 births 1977 deaths Burials in Essex 20th-century British printmakers 20th-century English painters 20th-century engravers Academics of the Royal College of Art Artists' Rifles soldiers British Army personnel of World War I British war artists Commanders of the Order of the British Empire English engravers English illustrators English male painters English wood engravers London Regiment soldiers Modern painters Modern printmakers People educated at Wellington College, Berkshire People of the Royal Observer Corps Royal Academicians Royal Marines officers Royal Marines personnel of World War II World War