Elizabeth Coppin, née Clyatt (1768–1812) was an

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painter Born in

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as Elizabeth Clyatt, she was married to artist

Daniel Coppin Daniel Coppin (1771–1822) was an accomplished amateur English painter of landscapes and a collector of art. He was one of the founding members of the Norwich School of painters, and one of three generations of artists from the same family, whi ...

, one the founding members of the

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; the couple were the parents of

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painter

Emily Stannard Emily Stannard (née Emily Coppin; 8 February 18026 January 1885), who from 1826 called herself (even during her long widowhood) Mrs Joseph Stannard, was a British still life painter. She was associated with the Norwich School of painters, Bri ...

. In 1802 the Society of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce awarded her the greater Silver Pallet for a copy in

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of a work by

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, and in 1808 she received a gold medal for a copy in oils of a painting by Teniers. She produced a mural at the church of St Stephen the Protomartyr in Norfolk, in which church a monument was erected to her memory by her husband; this remains the only source of biographical information about her. Coppin is known to have produced portraits. Her pastels have not survived, but an oil copy of ''The Cottage Door'' by

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is owned by the

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at the ''Dictionary of Pastellists Before 1800''.

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'On the Death of Mrs Coppin'
(Elizabeth Bentley, ''Miscellaneous Poems'', p. 58.) 1768 births 1812 deaths 18th-century English painters 18th-century English women artists 19th-century English painters 19th-century English women artists English women painters Pastel artists People from Norfolk {{UK-painter-18thC-stub