Artist
Richard Corbould
British, 1757–1831
Richard Corbould was a British Romanticism artist. 5 works are cataloged here, principally at Victoria and Albert Museum. Richard Corbould was born in London.
Overview
Richard Corbould (18 April 1757 – 17 July 1831) was an English artist. 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. 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.)
Collections represented
Museum
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