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DANIEL HAIGH, MASTER OF THE OLD SURREY AND BURSTOW HUNT ON HIS HORSE KITTEN
Auction: 06/06/2008
Lot: 162
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1787 - 1868. Known for: Paintings of horses, equestrian genre, animals, military scenes, figures.
Abraham Cooper RA (1787–1868), was an English animal and battle painter. The son of a tobacconist, he was born in Greenwich, London. At the age of thirteen he became an employee at Astley's... Read full biography
Abraham Cooper RA (1787–1868), was an English animal and battle painter. The son of a tobacconist, he was born in Greenwich, London. At the age of thirteen he became an employee at Astley's Amphitheatre, and was afterwards a groom in the service of Henry Meux, a brewer and later the first of the... Read full biography
Abraham Cooper RA (1787–1868), was an English animal and battle painter. The son of a tobacconist, he was born in Greenwich, London. At the age of thirteen he became an employee at Astley's Amphitheatre, and was afterwards a groom in the service of Henry Meux, a brewer and later the first of the Meux baronets. When he was twenty-two, wishing to possess a portrait of a favorite horse under his care, he bought a manual of painting, learned something of the use of oil-colours, and painted the... Read full biography
Abraham Cooper RA (1787–1868), was an English animal and battle painter. The son of a tobacconist, he was born in Greenwich, London. At the age of thirteen he became an employee at Astley's Amphitheatre, and was afterwards a groom in the service of Henry Meux, a brewer and later the first of the Meux baronets. When he was twenty-two, wishing to possess a portrait of a favorite horse under his care, he bought a manual of painting, learned something of the use of oil-colours, and painted the picture on a canvas hung against the stable wall. His master bought it and encouraged him to continue in his efforts. He accordingly began to copy prints of horses, and was introduced to Benjamin Marshall, the animal painter, who took him into his... Read full biography
Abraham Cooper RA (1787–1868), was an English animal and battle painter. The son of a tobacconist, he was born in Greenwich, London. At the age of thirteen he became an employee at Astley's Amphitheatre, and was afterwards a groom in the service of Henry Meux, a brewer and later the first of the Meux baronets. When he was twenty-two, wishing to possess a portrait of a favorite horse under his care, he bought a manual of painting, learned something of the use of oil-colours, and painted the picture on a canvas hung against the stable wall. His master bought it and encouraged him to continue in his efforts. He accordingly began to copy prints of horses, and was introduced to Benjamin Marshall, the animal painter, who took him into his studio, and seems to have introduced him to the Sporting Magazine, an illustrated periodical to which he was himself a contribu... Read full biography
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Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeRace horse Elis, ridden by John Day, with his trainer John Doe to his right
Abraham Cooper Auction: 10/07/2017Lot: 360Subscribe or get free alerts
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeTHOMAS ROUNDING, ESQ. ON HIS FAVORITE HUNTER SPANKAWAY WITH GLADSOME, GOVERNESS AND SYREN, STAGHOUNDS OF THE EPPING FOREST HUNT
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