Frederick Stacpoole

Background

He was apparently son of Edmund Stacpoole, lieutenant Registered Nurse, whose death was reported in the Navy List of January 1816, and whose widow subsequently married a naval captain named Jefferies.

Career

He concentrated on engraving. Stacpoole was a regular exhibitor at the Royal Academy from 1842 to 1899. He died in London on 19 December 1907, and was buried in Brompton cemetery.

Achievements

• He received an education in Ghent, and then became a student at the Royal Academy schools, gaining two silver medals in 1839 for a drawing from the antique, and in 1841 for the best copy made in the painting school.

Connections

associate:

Frank Short