David Ogborne (died 1800–1801) was an English artist. He depicted local events and curiosities in his home county

Essex Essex ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the East of England, and one of the home counties. It is bordered by Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, the North Sea to the east, Kent across the Thames Estuary to the ...

Life

Ogborne married and settled before 1740 in

Chelmsford Chelmsford () is a city in the City of Chelmsford district in the county of Essex, England. It is the county town of Essex and one of three cities in the county, along with Colchester and Southend-on-Sea. It is located north-east of London ...

, Essex, where he is described in the register as a "painter" or "limner". He gained a certain reputation by his portraits of local provincial monsters, such as a winged fish taken at

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, and a calf with six legs produced at

Great Baddow Great Baddow is a major village and civil parish in the Chelmsford borough of Essex, England. It is close to the city of Chelmsford and, with a population of over 13,000,Edward Bright Edward Bright (1721–1750) was a grocer in Maldon, Essex, England – known as the "fat man of Maldon" – who was reputed at the time of his death in 1750 to be the "fattest man in England". He lived in a house on Maldon's High Street, and is ...

, a grocer of Maldon, Essex, who weighed 43½ stone. This portrait was engraved by

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, and published on 1 January 1750, Another of his portraits was of Thomas Wood, the miller of

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. Ogborne is better known as the artist of "An exact Perspective View of Dunmow, late the Priory in the County of Essex. With a Representation of the Ceremony and Procession in that Manor, on Thursday the 20 June 1751. Engraved from an Original Painting taken on the Spot by David Ogborne, published January 1752. Engraved by C. Mosley". This presents the

flitch of bacon custom The awarding of a flitch of bacon to married couples who can swear to not having regretted their marriage for a year and a day is an old tradition, the remnants of which still survive in Great Dunmow, Essex. The Dunmow tradition originated at ...

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, and shows in the foreground a portrait, more or less caricatured, of the then vicar of Dunmow. Another Essex print by Ogborne is "A Perspective View of the County Town of Chelmsford in Essex. With the Judges Procession on the Day Entrance attended by the High Sheriff and his Officers", published on 2 August 1762, engraved by T. Ryland. Ogborne also wrote some poetry and plays. Of these the only piece printed was ''The Merry Midnights Mistake, or Comfortable Conclusion: a new Comedy''. "Chelmsford printed and sold for the author by T. Loft" (1765). The prologue and epilogue are by

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. The piece was produced, with indifferent success, by a company of ladies and gentlemen at the Saracen's Head Inn, Chelmsford. He died in Chelmsford, and was buried at the churchyard on 6 January 1801. Ogborne and his first wife Ruth had four sons and three daughters. John Ogborne, the engraver, is thought to be the son of Charles Ogborne and his second wife.

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