Background
Ladbrooke was born in a humble position at Norwich in 1768, was apprenticed when very young to an artist and printer named White, and for some years worked as a journeyman printer.
Ladbrooke was born in a humble position at Norwich in 1768, was apprenticed when very young to an artist and printer named White, and for some years worked as a journeyman printer.
Subsequently Ladbrooke also turned to landscape painting, in which he was highly successful. Norwich Society of Artists Crome and Ladbrooke took a leading part in the establishment of the celebrated Norwich Society of Artists, or Norwich School of painters, in 1803, and Ladbrooke contributed fourteen works to its first exhibition in 1805. In 1808, when Crome became president, Ladbrooke was elected vice-president
Between 1804 and 1815 Ladbrooke was an occasional exhibitor at the Royal Academy, and up to 1822 at the British Institution.
He engaged successfully in teaching, and was able to retire with a competence many years before his death. He died at his house on Scoles" Green, Norwich, on 11 October 1842.
Works (20 April 1800 – 18 November 1870), the second son, was born at Norwich on 20 April 1800. (1803 – 11 July 1879), Robert Ladbrooke"s third son, was born in 1803.