Abraham Cooper

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.

[3] 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.

[3] He died on 24 December 1868 and is buried at the top of the western side of Highgate Cemetery (plot no.830), against the north wall.