John Cousen Art

John Cousen was articled to John Scott, the animal engraver. His larger works after Turner and others are of great excellence, but his exquisite taste is best displayed in his smaller plates after Turner, that is full of poetic feeling. He died in south London in 1880 but had retired from the practice of his art some 16 years before, in consequence of ill-health. This work was an original from the painting The Old Pier at Littlehampton realized by the English painter Sir Augustus Wall Callcott. Student of J. Hoffner was a good portraitist, but he is above all known for his landscapes, which gave him the name of "Claude Lorrain English."