Frank O. Salisbury
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Frank O. Salisbury (1874-1962) was an English artist and portrait painter.
His portrait (by Bassano, 1939) hangs in the National Portrait Gallery.
He is also known as the inventor of the Salisbury steak.
The salisbury steak, is ground beef flavored with onion and seasoning and then fried or broiled, and was introduced in 1898. Salisbury believed that beef was excellent defense against many different physical problems. He suggested that Salisbury steak should be eaten three times a day, with lots of water to cleanse the digestive system.
He is buried at St Margaret Cemetery in Richmond Suffolk England.
His works are (oil on canvas; and at the National Portrait Gallery, unless stated otherwise) include:
[edit] Portraits
- Dame (Emma) Maud McCarthy (1917)
- Arthur Foley Winnington-Ingram (1918)
- Prince George, Duke of Kent (black chalk on white paper, 1922)
- Sir Alan Cobham (1926)
- Sir Henry Wood (1943)
- John Allsebrook Simon, 1st Viscount Simon (charcoal and coloured chalk on grey paper; 1944)
- Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, (1945)
[edit] Other
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