Brief Biography-Joseph Peacock was active from c. 1809 until he died in 1837. He declared himself a Familiar Life and Animal Painter and a copyist, mainly of Dutch masters. Peacock’s first significant painting was Palmerston Fair, which included c. one thousand figures. The Installation of the Knights in Saint Patrick’s Cathedral was one of his two most noted works for which he charged one hundred pounds, the other being the Festival of Saint Kevin at the Seven Churches in Glendalough. The London Royal Academy displayed the latter for two years. Peacock restored pictures from his shop in Bachelor’s Walk, and in addition, he inserted staffage into paintings for James Arthur O'Connor. He was a founding member of the Royal Hibernian Academy in 1823.