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ABRAHAM COOPER (1787—1868)

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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 78 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ABRAHAM See also:COOPER (1787—1868)  , See also:English See also:animal and See also:battle painter, the son of a tobacconist, was See also:born in See also:London . At the See also:age of thirteen he became an employe at See also:Astley's See also:amphitheatre, and was afterwards See also:groom in the service of See also:Sir See also:Henry Meux . When he was twenty-two, wishing to possess a portrait of a favourite See also:horse under his care, he bought a See also:manual of See also:painting, learned something of the use of oil-See also:colours, and painted the picture on a See also:canvas hung against the See also:stable See also:wall . His See also:master bought it and encouraged him to continue in his efforts . He accordingly began to copy prints of horses, and was introduced to See also:Benjamin See also:Marshall, the animal painter, who took him into his studio, and seems to have introduced him to the Sporting See also:Magazine, an illustrated periodical to which he was him-self a contributor . In 1814 he exhibited his " See also:Tam O'Shanter," and in 1816 he won a See also:prize of boo for his " Battle of Ligny." In 1817 he exhibited his " Battle of See also:Marston See also:Moor " and was made See also:associate of the See also:Academy, and in 182o he was elected Academician . See also:Cooper, although See also:ill educated, was a See also:clever and conscientious artist; his colouring was somewhat See also:flat and dead, but he was a master of equine See also:portraiture and See also:anatomy, and had some antiquarian knowledge . He had a See also:special fondness for See also:Cavalier and See also:Roundhead pictures .

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