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Life of Benjamin Robert Haydon, Historical Painter, from his Autobiography and Journals

Edited by

Tom Taylor

London: Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans (1853), vii, 391 pp.

(Pages 1-302)

Prepared by Michael Steer

Benjamin Robert Haydon (26 January 1786 - 22 June 1846) was born in Plymouth. His mother was daughter of the Rev. Benjamin Cobley, rector of Dodbrooke, near Kingsbridge. Her brother, General Sir Thomas Cobley, was renowned for his part in the siege of Ismail. Benjamin's father, a prosperous printer, stationer and publisher, was well known in Plymouth. At the age of six Benjamin was placed in Plymouth grammar school, and at twelve in Plympton Grammar School, the same school where Sir Joshua Reynolds had received most of his education. Haydon was well known as a lecturer on painting and design, and from 1835 onwards visited all the principal towns in England and Scotland on lecture tours. His ambition was to see the chief buildings of Britain adorned with history paintings representing her glory This rare book was produced from a digital copy held by the University of California Library that can be downloaded from Google Books, with a search by either authors or title. Google has sponsored the digitisation of books from several libraries. Those on which copyright has expired are available for free educational and research use, both as individual books and as full collections to aid researchers.