Abraham Cooper

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Abraham Cooper, c. 1827.
Carte de visite of Abraham Cooper, 1860s.

Abraham Cooper RA (1787–1868) was a British animal and battle painter.

Life

Family grave of Abraham Cooper in Highgate Cemetery

The son of a

Sporting Magazine, an illustrated periodical to which he was himself a contributor.[3]

In 1814 he exhibited his Tam O'Shanter, and in 1816 he won a prize for his Battle of Ligny. In 1817 he exhibited his Battle of Marston Moor and was made associate of the Royal Academy, and in 1820 he was elected Academician. Cooper, although ill-educated, was a clever and conscientious artist; his colouring was somewhat flat and dead, but he was a master of equine portraiture and anatomy, and had some antiquarian knowledge. He had a special fondness for Cavalier and Roundhead pictures.[3]

He died on the 24th December 1868 and is buried at the top of the western side of Highgate Cemetery (plot no.830), against the north wall.[1]

Paintings

Gallery

References

  1. ^ a b Cansick, Frederick Teague (1872). The Monumental Inscriptions of Middlesex Vol 2. J Russell Smith. p. 116. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Fighting for the Standard at the Battle of Marston Moor", Metropolitan Museum of Art collections. Retrieved 10 June 2015
  3. ^ a b  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainChisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Cooper, Abraham". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 7 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 78.

Works about

  • Harrington, Peter (1993). British Artists and War: The Face of Battle in Paintings and Prints, 1700–1914. London: Greenhill.

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