John Flaxman; Thomas Alphonso Hayley

Sittersback to top

• John Flaxman (1755-1826), Sculptor. Sitter in 22 portraits, Artist associated with 14 portraits.
• Thomas Alphonso Hayley (1780-1800), Sculptor; natural son of William Hayley. Sitter in 2 portraits.

Artistback to top

• George Romney (1734-1802), Portrait painter. Artist associated with 156 portraits, Sitter in 5 portraits.

This portraitback to top

Flaxman rarely sculpted busts, but Romney shows him at work on a portrait of their mutual friend the biographer and poet William Hayley. Hayley's son Tom, one of Flaxman's much-loved pupils, is shown in the foreground.

Linked publicationsback to top

• Holmes, Richard; Crane, David; Woof, Robert; Hebron, Stephen, Romantics and Revolutionaries: Regency portraits from the National Portrait Gallery, 2002, p. 73
• Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 220
• Walker, Richard, Regency Portraits, 1985, p. 186

Subjects & Themesback to top

• Art in art
• From behind
• Making art
• On display at the Gallery
• Portraits with Archive documents