A Life Painted in Coach and Canvas In the bustling streets of London during the late eighteenth century, a man named Charles Catton moved through a world of fine craftsmanship and growing artistic prestige. Born in Norwich, Norfolk, he was part of a vast family, said to be one of thirty-five children born to his father's two marriages. His early years were shaped by the practicalities of trade, as he found himself apprenticed to a Lond…