Joseph Middleton Jopling

Joseph Middleton Jopling, born in 1831, was son of Joseph Jopling, a clerk in the Horse Guards, Whitehall, and occupied a similar position from the age of seventeen for some years.

Jopling was an active member of the 3rd Middlesex Volunteers, and distinguished himself frequently in the National Rifle competitions at Wimbledon, winning the Queen's Prize in 1861.

He was employed officially to make drawings of the Queen reviewing the troops.

At the time of the Philadelphia International Exposition, Jopling acted as director of the fine art section.

He married in 1874 Louise Goode (later Mrs. Rowe), herself an artist of distinction, by whom he left one son.