Richard Duppa was an English writer and a draughtsman.
He was the son of William Duppa of Culmington, Shropshire. He studied art in Rome in his youth, and showed himself a skilful draughtsman. He matriculated at Trinity College, Oxford, on 9 November 1807, aged 37, and became a student of the Middle Temple on 7 February 1810. He graduated LL.B. at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, in 1814.
He wrote on botanical, artistic and political topics and was elected Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. He died in Lincoln's Inn on 11 July 1831.