early life and training charles howard hodges, a british painter, was born in 1764 in portsmouth. he began his artistic journey as a pupil of john raphael smith, a renowned artist of the time. in 1788, hodges visited amsterdam, which would later become his adopted home. career and notable works after a two-year stay in dublin, hodges moved to the hague in 1792, eventually settling in amsterdam in 1797. there, he worked under the guidan…