Capon, whose father was also an artist, was born at Norwich on 6 December 1757, and in early life practised as a portrait painter.
William Capon, 1827
Her Majesty's Theatre, illustration now at the Victoria and Albert Museum
The Victoria and Albert Museum in the United Kingdom is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.8 million objects.
Henry Cole, the museum's first director
South Kensington Museum, a watercolour painting by J.C. Lanchenick
Interior of the Young V&A, with iron work from the Brompton Boilers