Richard Duppa

Richard Duppa (1770–1831) was an English writer and a draughtsman.
Life
He was the son of William Duppa of Culmington, Shropshire. He studied art in Rome in his youth, and showed himself a skilful draughtsman. He matriculated at Trinity College, Oxford, 9 November 1807, aged 37 and became a student of the Middle Temple, 7 February 1810. He graduated LL.B. at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, in 1814.
He wrote on botanical, artistic, and political topics and was elected Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. He died in Lincoln's Inn, 11 July 1831.
Works
Duppa's chief works were:

1. ‘A Journal of … the subversion of the Ecclesiastical Government in 1798,’ London, 1799, 3rd ed. 1807.
2. ‘A Selection of twelve heads from the Last Judgment of Michael Angelo,’ 1801, imp. folio.
3. ‘Heads from the Fresco Pictures of Raffaele in the Vatican,’ 1803, fol.
4. ‘Memoirs [1742–57] of
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