Anthony Cardon

He was the son and pupil of a Flemish painter, Antoine Alexandre Joseph Cardon (1765- 1822) and took prizes at the Academy in Brussels.

During the troubles in the Low Countries preceding the Flanders Campaign of 1793, Cardon, aged 17 years, went to England, with a letter of introduction to Paul Colnaghi, who gave him employment.

He received his early art education at the Royal Academy Schools [1] and studied three years under his friend Luigi Schiavonetti.

His son, Philip Cardon, was trained as an engraver, drew in Indian work, and died about 1817.

Plates from the Cries of London series In 1807 Cardon received the gold medal of the Society of Arts for his engraving of the Battle of Alexandria, after Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg.