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John Haes
9 of 108 portraits by Charles Baugniet
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John Haes
by Charles Baugniet, printed by Day & Haghe
lithograph, 1843
17 1/2 in. x 13 1/2 in. (445 mm x 344 mm) paper size
Acquired, 1971
Reference Collection
NPG D35105
Artistsback to top
- Charles Baugniet (1814-1886), Lithographer. Artist or producer associated with 108 portraits.
- Day & Haghe (active 1833-1845), Lithographers. Artist or producer associated with 47 portraits.
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Sir Henry Cole commissions 1,000 copies of the first Christmas card, designed by John Callcott Horsley. Cole would later be instrumental in staging the Great Exhibition, and in developing science and art education in Britain.Nelson's statue, by E.H. Bailey, is placed on top of its column in Trafalgar Square.
Art and science
The Theatre Regulations Act is passed, abolishing the privileged position of the 'major' theatres which held letters patent from the crown, allowing all theatres to perform 'legitimate' theatre.First volume of Ruskin's Modern Painters published, praising Turner and demanding that artists should demonstrate 'truth to nature' in their work. Ruskin is a great inspiration to the Pre-Raphaelites.
International
The first experimental telegraph wire is constructed between Baltimore and Washington, using Morse code to send a message. The code, in which pulses of current deflect an electromagnet, moving a marker and producing written codes on a strip of paper, had been invented by Samuel Morse in 1838. The line officially opens in 1844.Comments back to top
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family history research
07 June 2019, 10:22
John Haes born 1797 died 1871 was a stockbroker in Throgmorton Street London but lived in Stockwell, South London. He was known in the family as Geranium Jack from his custom of wearing a flower in his buttonhole. He appears to have struck up a friendship with Baugniet the artist, who gave him a sketch of Queen Victoria produced by Prince Albert with a "camera lucida" in 1843 attested by an accompanying letter from Baugniet. Haes received another sketch of Victoria, said to be by Carrick (Thomas Heathfield Carrick?) from a friend in 1859. An accompanying letter by way of provenance refers to the sketch being given to Mrs Colnaghi by Carrick.