John Hayter
(1800-1895), PainterArtist associated with 72 portraits
London-born Hayter became best known as a portrait painter. He was the son of miniaturist Charles Hayter and the brother of George Hayter, also a portraitist. He entered the Royal Academy schools in 1815, and began to exhibit at the Royal Academy in the same year. He also exhibited work at the British Institution and the Royal Society of British Artists. Hayter established himself during the 1820s, with portraits of notable figures such as the Duke of Wellington and the opera singer, Guidetta Pasta. His portrait drawings, in chalks or crayons, became particularly popular, a number of them being engraved for The Court Album, Portraits of the female aristocracy (1850-57).
Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton (née Sheridan, later Lady Stirling-Maxwell)
by William Overend Geller, published by Ackermann & Co, after John Hayter
mezzotint, published 1 February 1835
NPG D42147
Caroline Frances Hill (née Cotton), Marchioness of Downshire when Countess of Hillsborough
by William Holl Sr, printed by McQueen (Macqueen), after John Hayter
stipple engraving, published 1838
NPG D35380
Caroline Frances Hill (née Cotton), Marchioness of Downshire when Countess of Hillsborough
by William Holl Sr, printed by McQueen (Macqueen), after John Hayter
stipple engraving, published 1838
NPG D35855
Emily Ashley-Cooper (née Cowper), Countess of Shaftesbury when Lady Ashley
by Edward Francis Finden, printed by McQueen (Macqueen), after John Hayter
stipple engraving, published 1 November 1838
NPG D40668
Anna Maria Hall (née Fielding)
by Charles Edward Wagstaff, after John Hayter
stipple engraving, published 1838
NPG D3200
Anna Maria Hall (née Fielding)
by Charles Edward Wagstaff, after John Hayter
stipple engraving, published 1838
NPG D3201
Emily Ashley-Cooper (née Cowper), Countess of Shaftesbury when Lady Ashley
by Edward Francis Finden, printed by McQueen (Macqueen), after John Hayter
stipple engraving, published 1 November 1838
NPG D7403
by Henry Bryan Hall, after John Hayter
stipple engraving, published 1839
NPG D23309
by Henry Bryan Hall, after John Hayter
stipple engraving, published 1839
NPG D23310
Charlotte Canning (née Stuart), Countess Canning
by William Henry Egleton, after John Hayter
stipple engraving, published 1839
NPG D32589
by William Henry Egleton, after John Hayter
stipple engraving, published 1839
NPG D33302
Anne Florence (née de Grey), Countess Cowper
by William Henry Mote, after John Hayter
stipple engraving, published 1839
NPG D34199
by Henry Bryan Hall, after John Hayter
stipple engraving, published 1839
NPG D39168
Lady Augusta Gordon-Hallyburton (née Fitzclarence)
by John Henry Robinson, after John Hayter
stipple engraving, published 1839
NPG D7654
Caroline Amelia Ponsonby (née Gordon-Lennox), Countess of Bessborough
by William Henry Mote, after John Hayter
stipple engraving, published 1840
NPG D31728
Caroline Amelia Ponsonby (née Gordon-Lennox), Countess of Bessborough
by William Henry Mote, after John Hayter
stipple engraving, published 1840
NPG D31729
Lady Amelia Blackwood (née Capel)
by William Henry Egleton, after John Hayter
stipple engraving, published 1840
NPG D31804
Lady Amelia Blackwood (née Capel)
by William Henry Egleton, after John Hayter
stipple engraving, published 1840
NPG D31805
by William Henry Mote, after John Hayter
stipple engraving, published 1840
NPG D32531
Emily Mary (née Grimston), Countess of Craven
by William Holl Jr, and by Francis Holl, after John Hayter
stipple engraving, published 1840
NPG D34225
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