Daniel Coppin was an accomplished amateur English painter of landscapes and a collector of art.
12 Facts About Daniel Coppin
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Daniel Coppin was one of the founding members of the Norwich School of painters, and one of three generations of artists from the same family, which included his daughter Emily Stannard.
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Little of Daniel Coppin's life has been documented and almost nothing is known of his childhood.
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Elizabeth Daniel Coppin was an accomplished artist who received accolades from the Norwich Society of Artists for her work.
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Daniel Coppin was the father of the painter Emily Coppin, who was trained as a still life artist by both her parents.
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Daniel Coppin was the grandfather of Emily Stannard, who was a minor Norwich artist.
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In 1786 Daniel Coppin moved to Rampant Horse Street in Norwich to be near to the family's ornamental painting business.
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Daniel Coppin was one of several artists who were responsible for the creation of the transparencies for the Norwich celebrations of the British victory in Battle of the Nile in 1798 and declaration of peace in 1801.
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Daniel Coppin contributed regularly to the exhibitions and became President of the Society in 1816.
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Daniel Coppin was a keen collector of works of art: a catalogue of his collection of works was published in 1818 by John Stacey amounted to 266 individual pieces by the artist William Hogarth alone.
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Daniel Coppin died in 1822, aged 51 and residing at St Catherine's Plain, Norwich, and was buried on 23 October 1822 in the churchyard of St Stephen's, in the city.
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Daniel Coppin's death was announced in Charles Mackie's Norfolk Annals, where he was described as being "principally known for his highly creditable studies from Opie".