Henry Mogford
British artist (1787–1874)
Henry Mogford FSA (c. 1787 – 9 July 1874) was an English author, picture dealer, artist, and antiquary. He is best known for his campaign against a group of copyists producing forged works attributed to Canaletto near Richmond Bridge, later referred to as the "Canaletti Manufactory."
Early life
Henry Mogford was born to Henry and Sarah Mogford and was christened in 1787 at St Martin-in-the-Fields, London. One of eight children, he grew up in Craven Street near The Strand, where he later lived and worked. Mogford initially trained as an artist before becoming a restorer and dealer in Old Master paintings.
In 1816 Mogford married Margaret Otridge (15 July 1793 – 24 July 1871). The couple had two children: a daughter, Margaret Amelia, born in 1819, and a son, John, born in 1821. Both children were similarly baptised at St Martin-in-the-Fields. John Mogford would go on to establish himself as a landscape, coastal, and figure painter.
Career
During the 1840s, Mogford contributed to the Art-Union, later the Art-Journal, a monthly periodical of fine art.
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