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• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •	HOME ARTISTS PAINTINGS PRINTS SCULPTURE OBJETS D'ART EXHIBITIONS CATALOGUES ART FAIRS SPECIAL OFFERS HOW TO BUY ABOUT US THE 3 GALLERIES THE TEAM HOW TO FIND US OPENING HOURS CONTACT US VISIT BROADWAY LINKS RESOURCES	Thomas Sidney Cooper was one of the foremost animal painters of the Victorian period. He was born in Canterbury in 1803 and was encouraged to paint by Abraham Cooper (no relative) and Sir Thomas Lawrence. He studied at the Royal Academy Schools before travelling to Brussels in 1827, where he worked as a teacher. During this period he met the Belgian animal painter, Verboeckhoven, who greatly influenced his style, as did the Dutch School of the 17th Century. He returned to London in 1831, and first exhibited at Suffolk Street in 1833. Thomas Sidney Cooper first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1833 with a picture entitled Landscape and Cattle. This was the first of 266 exhibits shown there without a break during the period up to 1902. This still stands as a record for continuous exhibiting at the Royal Academy. He also exhibited 48 pictures at the British Institution between 1833 and 1863. Sheep and cattle were his most frequent subjects, although he did attempt a large historial painting, The Defeat of Kellermann's Cuirassiers at Waterloo, in 1846, and a Hunting Scene which was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1890. Between 1848 and 1856 he painted the cattle in numerous landscapes by Frederick Lee and Thomas Creswick. However, by 1870 his commissions were so regular and lucrative that he tended to keep to his favourite subjects. Queen Victoria was among his patrons. The quality of Cooper's work remained constant and only began to show signs of decline in the 1890s, by which time he was an old man. John Noott Galleries at Dickens House Tel: 01386 858969 /854868 Artist : Thomas Sidney Cooper RA Title : Sheep in a pastoral landscape Size : 30.00" x 50.00" Medium : Oil Price :   Please Call 01386 854868 Please click below to enquire about 'Sheep in a pastoral landscape' or other work by this artist