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 1, 1866. Portrait painter, self-taught. Originally a turner, then a soldier in the war of 1812, and a house-painter in Pittsburgh, he developed a talent for portrait painting, and going to London in 1832 met with much success. After his return he exercised his profession in St. Louis, Philadelphia, and Boston. Works: Portraits of Dukes of Norfolk, Hamilton, and Sussex; Sir Archibald Alison; Samuel Rogers; Lord Aberdeen; Daniel Webster, Bar Association, New York; Washington Allston, S. Batchelder; John Randolph, Corcoran Gallery, Washington; Daniel Boone; General Sherman; Henry Clay; John C. Calhoun; Chief Justice Marshall; Charles Carroll; William Wirt; Presidents Madison, Monroe, and J. Q. Adams.

HARDING, JAMES DUFFIELD, born at Deptford, England, in 1798, died at Barnes, Dec. 4, 1863. Landscape painter, awarded in 1818 a medal by the Society of Arts, elected in 1821 an associate, and in 1822 a member of the Water-Colour Society, which he left in 1847 to become a candidate for the R. A., but failing returned to it in 1857. Visited Italy in 1830; promoted lithography, and wrote several works on art. For his lithographic drawings, exhibited at the Louvre, he received two gold medals from the Academie des Beaux Arts. Works: The Alps from Secco to Como; The Jungfrau; Angers on the Loire; View of Freiburg; Falls of Schaffhausen; On the Moselle, Sir Richard Wallace, London; Pollards in Windsor Meadows, Tintern Abbey, Landscape with Hovels, South Kensington Museum.—Art Journal (1850), 181; (1856), 270; (1864), 39, 89.

HARDORFF, GERDT, born in Hamburg Territory (Altenland), May 11, 1769, died in Hamburg in 1864. History painter, pupil in Hamburg of Anton Tischbein, and from 1788 in Dresden of Casanova; returned in 1796 to Hamburg, where he became professor at the Johanneum. Works: Cain after the Fratricide (1794); Last Supper, Crucifixion (1796), Magdalen; Director Gurlitt at the Desk, Kunsthalle, Hamburg.—Allgem. d. Biogr., x. 595; Nagler, Mon., ii. 1064.

HARDORFF, RUDOLF, born in Hamburg, March 8, 1816. Marine painter, son and pupil of Gerdt; has visited Holland, England, and Scotland, and paints marines effectively with interesting accessories. Works: Sunrise on Coast (1848), Explosion of Danish Man-of-War Christian VIII. near Eckernförde (1850), Mouth of the Thames near Ramsgate (1853), Moonlight on Coast, Shipwreck, Kunsthalle, Hamburg; Naval Victory of Germans over the Danes (1858); Roadstead at Isle of Wight; The Log-House in Hamburg Harbour; Cladda Rock by Moonlight; Scotch Coast; Men-of-War in North Sea.—Müller, 237.

HARDY, FREDERICK DANIEL, born at Windsor, February, 1826. Genre painter, relinquished music for painting; began to exhibit in Royal Academy in 1851 views of domestic interiors, which have made him popular. Exhibits chiefly at Royal Academy. Works: The Sweep (1862); Playing at Doctor (1863); The Pedlar (1864); Leaky Roof (1865); Threatened Deluge (1866); Broken Window (1869); Reading the Will (1870); Housekeepers Alarmed (1871); Looking for Father (1873); Stirring News (1875); A Misdeal (1877); Prayer for Those at Sea, Music Party (1879); Evening with Mozart (1881); Reading the Spectator in 1711 (1882); In Memoriam (1883); Vespers (1884).

HARDY, HEYWOOD, born in England; contemporary. Genre painter. Exhibits at Royal Academy and Grosvenor Gallery. Works: Christmas Eve (1877); Meg Merrilies and the Laird of Ellangowan (1879); Sidi Ahmed ben Avuda and the Holy Lion, Life's Chequered Ways, Lovers' Meeting, Sleeping Beauty, Little Sisters (1881); King's Daughter, Slain Enemy (1882); Lion in Love, New Arrival, General Assembly (1883); Rear Guard, Sale of Cavalry Horses, Wanderers (1884); Roused, Trespassers (1885).