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Benjamin Robert Haydon

(1786-1846), History painter and diarist

Sitter in 10 portraits
Artist associated with 34 portraits
The history painter Haydon was intensely ambitious and opinionated. He studied under the artist Fuseli. He was an ardent campaigner for public patronage of the arts and for the purchase of the Elgin Marbles in 1816. A friend of Wordsworth, Keats and Lamb, Haydon was convinced of his own towering genius, but apart from a couple of successes, his career as a history painter was ultimately a failure. Unwilling to compromise his ideals, he was endlessly in debt and was driven to suicide in 1846.

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Leigh Hunt, by Benjamin Robert Haydon - NPG 293

Leigh Hunt

by Benjamin Robert Haydon
oil on canvas, circa 1811
On display in Room 17 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 293

William Wordsworth, by Benjamin Robert Haydon - NPG 2020

William Wordsworth

by Benjamin Robert Haydon
plaster cast of life-mask, 1815
On display in Room 32 on Floor 1 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 2020

John Keats, by Benjamin Robert Haydon - NPG 686

John Keats

by Benjamin Robert Haydon
plaster cast of life-mask, 1816
On display in Room 32 on Floor 1 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 686

John Keats, by Elkington & Co, after  Benjamin Robert Haydon - NPG 686b

John Keats

by Elkington & Co, after Benjamin Robert Haydon
electrotype of life-mask, 1884, based on a work of 1816
NPG 686b

John Keats, by T. Sampson, after  Benjamin Robert Haydon - NPG 686a

John Keats

by T. Sampson, after Benjamin Robert Haydon
oil on canvas, 1828, based on a work of 1816
NPG 686a

Mary Russell Mitford, by John Lucas, after  Benjamin Robert Haydon - NPG 404

Mary Russell Mitford

by John Lucas, after Benjamin Robert Haydon
oil on millboard, feigned oval, circa 1853, based on a work of 1824
NPG 404

Napoléon Bonaparte ('Napoléon on St Helena'), by Benjamin Robert Haydon - NPG 6266

Napoléon Bonaparte ('Napoléon on St Helena')

by Benjamin Robert Haydon
oil on canvas, before 1846, based on a work of 1830
On display in Room 10 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 6266

William Wordsworth, by Benjamin Robert Haydon - NPG 1857

William Wordsworth

by Benjamin Robert Haydon
oil on canvas, 1842
On display in Room 17 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 1857

William Wordsworth, by W. Baldry, after  Benjamin Robert Haydon - NPG Ax46229

William Wordsworth

by W. Baldry, after Benjamin Robert Haydon
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s (1842)
NPG Ax46229

Benjamin Robert Haydon; John Keats, by Arthur Dawson, after  John Keats, after  Benjamin Robert Haydon - NPG D36763

Benjamin Robert Haydon; John Keats

by Arthur Dawson, after John Keats, after Benjamin Robert Haydon
photograph, before 1934 (1816)
NPG D36763

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