Royal Copyists
Explore royal copies of Great Masters in the Royal Collection
A horse
dated 20 Oct 1853Watercolour, pen and ink | 17.5 x 25.4 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 980477.m
Prince Albert liked the watercolours of Edward Henry Corbould so much that he decided to employ him as painting instructor to the Royal Family. Corbould was the favourite teacher of the Royal children, who enjoyed his light-hearted approach. Like Richard Westall before him, Corbould made studies for his pupils to copy. In both examples shown here, we can see Corbould’s model on the left-hand side of the page and the efforts of 12-year-old Albert Edward, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) on the right.