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George Morland was a master of genre and rural scenes. He studied at the Royal Academy schools and was then apprenticed to his father Henry Robert Morland (1719-1797) for seven years. A precocious talent he exhibited both drawings and oils at the Royal Academy and at the Society of Artists from an early age.
Morland in his painting combined the traditions of English landscape, animal and interior painting to produce his original rustic genre scenes, which proved extremely popular amongst his contemporaries. This popularity was increased by the engravings after his work, many executed by his brother-in-law, William Ward. Despite his considerable success, in later life Morland often found himself either hiding from his creditors or in prison, he died in London on 29th October 1804.
Morland in his painting combined the traditions of English landscape, animal and interior painting to produce his original rustic genre scenes, which proved extremely popular amongst his contemporaries. This popularity was increased by the engravings after his work, many executed by his brother-in-law, William Ward. Despite his considerable success, in later life Morland often found himself either hiding from his creditors or in prison, he died in London on 29th October 1804.