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Abraham Cooper
Abraham Cooper

Abraham Cooper

English, 1787–1868
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Abraham Cooper RA was a British animal and battle painter.

The son of a tobacconist, he was born in Greenwich, London on the 8th September 1787. 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 contributor.

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.

He died on the 24th December 1868 and is buried at Highgate Cemetery.

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Elis at Doncaster, Ridden By John Day, With His Van In The Background

Elis at Doncaster, Ridden By John Day, With His Van In The Background

Abraham Cooper (English, 1787–1868)
Figurative
Portrait of Mr. Rounding on his horse Spankaway

Portrait of Mr. Rounding on his horse Spankaway

Abraham Cooper (English, 1787–1868)
Figurative
Battle of Bosworth 

Battle of Bosworth  (1790)

Abraham Cooper (English, 1787–1868)
Figurative
Tam O’Shanter

Tam O’Shanter (1814)

Abraham Cooper (English, 1787–1868)
Mythology
Fox Hunting; Daniel Haigh Esqre.

Fox Hunting; Daniel Haigh Esqre.

Abraham Cooper (English, 1787–1868)
Illustration
Running Horse and Dog

Running Horse and Dog

Abraham Cooper (English, 1787–1868)
Drawings
Stallion

Stallion

Abraham Cooper (English, 1787–1868)
Drawings
The Hanging

The Hanging

Abraham Cooper (English, 1787–1868)
Drawings

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