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were many military officers. A notable work by him in water-colour was a full- length portrait of Earl Stanhope, which was engraved to the same size by S. W. Reynolds. lie succeeded to a considerable property and retired to East Brixton, where he resided several years, and died July 24, 1848.

HAKEWILL, John, landscape and portrait painter. His father was foreman to James Thornhill, son of Sir James. He commenced art as a pupil of Wale, R. A, and was a student in the .Duke of Richmond's Gallery. In 1763 he gained the Society of Arts' premium for a landscape painting, and in 1764 for a figure from the antique. He exhibited at the Spring Gardens Rooms, in 1769 and the two following years, por- traits and landscapes. He painted many designs in arabesque, and though continuing to paint an occasional landscape or a por- trait, he found his chief employment in designs for house decoration. He died September 21, 1791, aged about 50.

HAKEWILL, Henry, architect. Born October 4, 1771. Son of the above. He was a pupil of Yenn, R.A., and a student in the Academy Schools. Was a frequent exhibitor at the Academy. He was the architect of Rendelsham, Suffolk, 1801, and of Cave Castle, Yorkshire, 1804, and was employed upon alterations and additions to several fine mansions. He was architect to the Society of the Middle Temple, and was in 1809 appointed architect to the Rugby Schools, where he designed the new chapel and residences, which lie exhibited at the Academy in that year. He built the church at Wolverton, and St. Peter, Euston Square, since burnt down. He published an ac- count of a Roman villa discovered at North- leigh, Oxfordshire. He died March 13, 1830, and was buried at North Cray, Kent.

HAKEWILL, James, architect. Younger brother of the foregoing. Born November 25, 1778. He was brought up as an architect, and exhibited some designs at the Academy on one or two occasions, but preferred painting, and is best known by his publications on art, which are chiefly of an architectural character. In 1813 he published a * History of Windsor and its Neighbourhood/ the illustrations of which, including the plans of the castle, were drawn by himself. On the peace he travelled in Italy, and during 1816-17 collected the materials for his ' Picturesque Tour in Italy/ published in parts, 1818-20 ; in 1825, a * Picturesque Tour in the Island of Jamaica.' In 1828 he published ' Plans of the Abattoirs of Paris, with a proposal for their adoption in London, and in 1835 a small tract on 'Elizabethan Architecture.' He was one of the competitors for the erection of the new Houses of Parliament. He exhibited at the Royal Academy in 192

1826-27 some architectural designs, and in 1833-34 the drawings of some works he was then executing. He was engaged in collecting materials for a work on the Rhine, which was interrupted by his death, in London, May 28, 1843, in his 65th year. In addition to his art writings, he was the author of * Ccelebs Suited.'

HAKEWILL, Mrs. James, portrait painter. Wife of the above. She accom- panied her husband to Italy, and passed there the greater part of the years 1816-17 - She exhibited some studies at the Royal Academy in 1808-9, and from that time, with a lapse from 1816 to 1825, was. an exhibitor of small portraits in oil up to 1838, when she exhibited for the last time. She also exhibited on one or two occasions at Suffolk Street. Her portraits were pleasing and well painted.

HAKEWILL, Arthur William, architect. Eldest son of the above. He was born in 1808. Was educated under his father, and in 1826 became a pupil of Mr. Decimus Burton, and at this time ex- hibited two or three designs at the Royal Academy. But he preferred literature to his professional studies, which became dis- tasteful to him, and his spirits giving way he went for a time to Italy, but returned without much permanent benefit. He had much professional taste and judgment, and his inclination led him to employ his know- ledge in literature. In 1848 he was appointed lecturer to the Architectural Society. He published 'An Apology for the Architectural Monstrosities of London/ 1835 ; 'Modern Tombs, Gleanings from the Cemeteries/ 1851 ; ' Illustrations of Thorpe Hall, Peterborough,* 1852 ; ' Thoughts on the Style to be Adopted in rebuildmg the Houses of Parliament/ 1836 ; 'The Architec- ture of the 18th Century/ measured, drawn, and etched (with a weak hand) by himself , 1856 ; and some other professional works. He died June 19, 1856.

HAKEWILL, Henry James, sculptor. He was a younger son of the foregoing James Hakewill, and was born at St. John's Wood, April 11, 1813. His early love of art tempted him to that profession in preference to another, to which he had been destined. He was admitted a student of the Royal Academy in 1830. In 1832 he exhibited a statue in armour of the time of Richard I., and in the following year a basso-rilievo from ' Mazeppa.' He also modelled a design for a proposed statue to Earl Grey, and was engaged on other works, when a career of some promise was cut off by his death, March 13, 1834, in his 21st year.

HAKEWILL, Edward Charles, archi- tect. He was a student in the schools of the Royal Academy, and in 1831 was placed under P. Hard wick, R.A. Practis-