Benjamin Robert Haydon
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Benjamin Robert Haydon
by Georgiana Margaretta Zornlin
oil on canvas, 1825
27 in. x 22 1/2 in. (686 mm x 572 mm)
Given by Georgiana Margaretta Zornlin, 1878
Primary Collection
NPG 510
Sitter
Benjamin Robert Haydon (1786-1846), History painter and diarist. Sitter in 9 portraits, Artist associated with 29 portraits.
Artist
Georgiana Margaretta Zornlin (1800-1881). Artist of 2 portraits.
This Portrait
This is an appropriately idiosyncratic portrait of Benjamin Robert Haydon, a highly opinionated and arrogant artist with a misplaced belief in his own abilities, now better remembered for his diaries and for his friendship with Keats and Wordsworth than he is for his sprawling canvases. His portrait was painted by Georgiana Margaretta Zornlin, one of his pupils, who presented it to the Gallery in 1878 with a hope that 'by this time, the faults in Haydon's character have been consigned to oblivion, but that he may still be held in remembrance as the enthusiastic promoter of the study of the Elgin Marbles and the zealous encourager of Art Schools throughout this country.' The writer Aldous Huxley thought that Haydon's head was just like that of Mussolini.
Linked Publications
Sound Guide
The National Portrait Gallery, 1997, p. 114
Curtis, Penelope; Funnell, Peter; Kalinsky, Nicola, Return to Life: A New Look at the Portrait Bust, 2000 (accompanying the exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery from 7 February - 30 May 2001), p. 45
Holmes, Richard, Insights: The Romantic Poets and Their Circle, 2005, p. 38
Holmes, Richard; Crane, David; Woof, Robert; Hebron, Stephen, Romantics and Revolutionaries: Regency portraits from the National Portrait Gallery, London, 2002, p. 41
Saumarez Smith, Charles, The National Portrait Gallery: an illustrated guide, 2000, p. 114
Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 290
Walker, Richard, Regency Portraits, 1985, p. 239
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