ited ▁in ▁ 1 8 2 5 . ▁In ▁ 1 8 2 7 ▁a ▁collection ▁of ▁his ▁et ch ings ▁were ▁published ▁in ▁a ▁volume ▁entitled ▁Nor folk ▁Et ch ings . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 2 6 ▁he ▁married ▁the ▁artist ▁Em ily ▁Co pp in . ▁Their ▁daughter ▁Em ily ▁St ann ard ▁( and ▁several ▁other ▁members ▁of ▁his ▁family ) ▁were ▁also ▁tal ented ▁artists . ▁ ▁He ▁suffered ▁from ▁poor ▁health ▁during ▁most ▁of ▁his ▁short ▁life ▁and ▁died ▁in ▁ 1 8 3 0 , ▁from ▁t uber cul osis . ▁ ▁Life ▁ ▁Joseph ▁St ann ard ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁Nor wich ▁in ▁Nor folk ▁on ▁ 1 3 ▁September ▁ 1 7 9 7 , ▁the ▁son ▁of ▁Abraham ▁St ann ard ▁and ▁Mary ▁Bell , ▁and ▁was ▁bapt ised ▁by ▁his ▁parents ▁later ▁that ▁week , ▁on ▁ 1 7 ▁September , ▁at ▁St ▁Michael - at - P lea , ▁Nor wich . ▁He ▁attended ▁Nor wich ▁Gram mar ▁School ▁as ▁a ▁boy , ▁and ▁his ▁early ▁art istic ▁tal ents ▁encourag ed ▁his ▁parents ▁to ▁ask ▁the ▁prominent ▁landscape ▁artist ▁John ▁C rome ▁to ▁take ▁on ▁their ▁son ▁as ▁a ▁pup il . ▁When ▁C rome ' s ▁fe es ▁proved ▁to ▁be ▁to ▁high ▁for ▁the ▁St ann ards ▁to ▁afford , ▁they ▁paid ▁instead ▁for ▁another ▁local ▁man , ▁Robert ▁Lad bro oke , ▁to ▁app rent ice ▁their ▁son . ▁One ▁of ▁St ann ard ' s