THOMPSON, Jacob (1806-1879)
Biography
Jacob Thompson (1806–1879) was an English landscape, portrait and genre painter.Jacob, eldest son of Merrick Thompson, a manufacturer of linen check, was born in Lanton Street, Penrith, Cumberland, on 28 August 1806.
He painted landscapes, sometimes with rustic figures, mostly depicting the scenery of Cumberland and Westmorland; also portraits and animals.
He began to exhibit in 1824, at the Society of British Artists, but he did not send a picture to the Royal Academy until 1832.
