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Richard Corbould (1757 in
Richard Corbould (1757 in London
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– 1831 in London) was an English artist, sometimes misspelt "Corbold" .
He was a painter, in oil and watercolour, of portraits, landscape, and occasionally history; of porcelain, and miniatures on ivory, and enamels; and was furthermore an important illustrator of books renowned for his Napoleonic sketches of Ships, and a follower of the old masters. From 1777 to 1811 he was a constant contributor to the Royal Academy
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. He died at Highgate, north London, in 1831. Of his works exhibited at the Royal Academy may be noticed:
*1793. ''Cottagers gathering Sticks''.
*1802. ''Eve caressing Adam's Flock'' and ''The Archangel Michael''.
*1806. ''Ulysses's Descent into Hades''.
*1806. ''View at Hampstead''. (In the South Kensington Museum
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