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(3) (Anthony Van Dyck) Copley Fielding
(b Sowerby Bridge, W. Yorks, 1787; d Worthing, W. Sussex, 2 March 1855). Painter, brother of (1) Theodore Henry Adolphus Fielding. The third son of Nathan Theodore Fielding, he was named after van Dyck and John Singleton Copley. He was the best known and most prolific of the Fielding brothers and was highly proficient, particularly in watercolour. Copley first worked closely with his father, travelling with him to Liverpool in 1807 and then to Wales in 1808. Their works of 1804 were said to be indistinguishable. He studied with John Varley in 1810 and exhibited at the Society of Painters in Water-Colours for the first time that year. He maintained a lifelong relationship with the Society, acting as treasurer from 1813, secretary from 1815 and president (elected 1831). He married Susannah Gisborne, Varley’s sister-in-law, in 1813 and from 1816 divided his time between Brighton and London. He made frequent sketching tours, exhibiting many hundreds of views at the Water-Colour Society in the course of his life.
Part of the Fielding family
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