Was born on the 13th of July, 1756 and died on the 21st of April, 1827 at the age of 70.
He was born in 'Old Jewry' in London, a one-way street being known for being the location of medieval Jewish community and seen as a ghetto.
Upon leaving his business school in 1772 he became a student at the Royal Academy and was then sent to Paris at the age of 16 to attend a drawing academy. He studied and practiced drawing the human figure before returning to the Royal Academy again and then based at the Somerset House.
He spent six years studying at the Royal Academy though spend a-third of his time in Paris practicing his art.
Most of his art was based off of politics, politicians, royal family, war, money etc.
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