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Haydon, Benjamin Robert
Haydon, Benjamin Robert (1786–1846). A historical painter, born in Plymouth, the son of a painter and publisher, Haydon was encouraged to sketch while at school. From an early age he showed great determination to succeed, yet his life ended in imprisonment for debt and suicide. For much of his life he painted large canvases of historical or religious subjects rather than more marketable works. A stubborn man, invariably in opposition to the establishment, he campaigned strenuously for patronage for the arts, the foundation of schools of design, decoration of public buildings, in particular the Houses of Parliament, and to save the Elgin marbles for the nation. He also became involved in radical politics. Despite his pugnacious character he had many admirers among the Romantic movement in literature, especially Wordsworth and Keats, whose portraits he painted. He is now chiefly remembered for his Autobiography and Memoirs, published in 1853.
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JOHN CANNON. "Haydon, Benjamin Robert." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Haydon, Benjamin Robert." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-HaydonBenjaminRobert.html JOHN CANNON. "Haydon, Benjamin Robert." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-HaydonBenjaminRobert.html |
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Haydon, Benjamin Robert
Haydon, Benjamin Robert (1786–1846), a historical painter but best known for his posthumously published Autobiography and Journals (selections ed. Tom Taylor, 1853; complete text in 5 vols, ed. W. B. Pope, 1960, 1963). His vigorous advocacy helped to secure the Elgin Marbles for the British Museum, and his pioneering theories on art education, industrial design, and state patronage of the arts, expressed in his Lectures on Painting and Design (1846), had much influence. He was a friend of Keats, Wordsworth, Hazlitt, Leigh Hunt, M. R. Mitford, and Elizabeth Barrett (Browning). His outrageous personality has interested many novelists, notably Dickens who used him (combined with Leigh Hunt) as the model for Harold Skimpole in Bleak House.
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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Haydon, Benjamin Robert." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Haydon, Benjamin Robert." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-HaydonBenjaminRobert.html MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Haydon, Benjamin Robert." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-HaydonBenjaminRobert.html |
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Haydon, Benjamin Robert
Haydon, Benjamin Robert (1786–1846). A historical painter, born in Plymouth, the son of a painter and publisher, Haydon is now chiefly remembered for his Autobiography and Memoirs, published in 1853.
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JOHN CANNON. "Haydon, Benjamin Robert." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Haydon, Benjamin Robert." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-HaydonBenjaminRobert.html JOHN CANNON. "Haydon, Benjamin Robert." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-HaydonBenjaminRobert.html |
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