Fielding was a native of Yorkshire, and lived near
Halifax. He had a considerable local reputation, and was especially noted for his portraits of aged people in the style of
Balthasar Denner, with attention to the wrinkles of the skin and expression of the eyes. He later went to London, and occasionally exhibited at the exhibitions of the
Society of Artists and the
British Institution. To the latter, he sent in 1812
The Botanist, with a Nondescript Fern, and
A Moonlight Seacoast. In 1814, he exhibited for the last time, sending
A Landscape – Morning. Fielding had five sons, all artists, including
Theodore Henry Adolphus,
Antony Vandyke Copley,
Thales, and
Newton Smith Fielding. ==References==