T.S.Cooper who was to become one of the greatest and successful painters of animals in the British countryside during the Victorian era, was born in Canterbury in Kent in England in 1803.

 With no formal training, save as a 12 year old working in a coach builders yard, he first entered the Royal Academy Schools before going to Belgium in 1829 to take up a teaching career and marrying. It was here he became friends with the great Belgian animal painter Eugène Verboeckhoven and it was he who was to have a dramatic influence upon his art.

 Sheep and cattle were the most prominent themes in Cooper's paintings, set in fields, landscapes, barns, farms and depicted in all seasons and he enjoyed great success in his lucrative career with an endless string of patrons ready to commission his work.

Becoming a wealthy man, he was a great philanthropist in his birth place of Canterbury, using some of his wealth to distribute bread and coal to the poor each Christmas.

 Thomas Sidney Cooper exhibited at both the British Institution and the Royal academy during a prolific life on numerous occasions.

Size: Approximately 8-1/2" X 11" 

Blank on Reverse

Published in 1875 by Gebbie & Barrie, London & Philadelphia

Condition: Excellent - Very Good - Good- Fair - Poor (but of historical interest)

Paper dimple at left; otherwise superficial age and handling wear; occasional printing speck/spot

The edge toning is slightly exaggerated in picture(s)

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