Early Victorian Portraits Catalogue
Thomas Sidney Cooper (1803-1902), Animal painter
- Gallery portraits
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- Biography and References
Animal painter; started career as a coach and scene painter; trained in RA schools; ARA, 1845; RA, 1867; renowned for his animal pictures, particularly of cows, which he derived chiefly from Dutch models; occupied a similar position in England to that of Troyon in France.
This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: Richard Ormond, Early Victorian Portraits, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1973, and is as published then. For the most up-to-date details on individual Collection works, we recommend reading the information provided in the Search the Collection results on this website in parallel with this text.
This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: Richard Ormond, Early Victorian Portraits, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1973, and is as published then. For the most up-to-date details on individual Collection works, we recommend reading the information provided in the Search the Collection results on this website in parallel with this text.