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the engraver being one of his fellow-apprentices. Though he had skill as a landscape-painter, he adopted the profession of a miniature-painter, and gained considerable success, not only in
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on 14 April 1780. He received a liberal education, and very early showed a taste for the fine arts and the beauties of nature. This led to his being placed as an apprentice to
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contributed to their exhibitions numerous miniatures, landscapes, and animal-pieces. He had numerous patrons, especially the
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in London in 1818, 1819, 1826, including a portrait of
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