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and on June 22, 1846, he died by his own hand, after making this sad notice in his journal, ' God forgive me ! Amen. Finis. — B. R. Haydon. " Stretch me no longer on the rack of this rough world." — Lear.'

Haydon was from the first an enthusiast ; he aspired to the first place in the highest walks of historic art ; his attempts were unchilled by the severest trials. Mis works are marked by great merits and many faults. Commenced without due study, in the fervour of a first conception, and truly original, they are often wanting in compo- sition and arrangement. With much know- ledge of anatomy, his figures are frequently defective in proportion and drawing. His colouring was powerful and harmonious, sometimes brilliant ; his execution hurried and incomplete, yet rapid and powerful. All must no less admit his great merits as a painter. He was a frequent contributor on matters connected with art. He wrote an essay on painting, in 1848, for the ' En- cyclopaedia Britannica/ which cannot claim the merit of a well-considered theme ; and lectures on Painting and Design, which were published. His diary shows much of the excitement of an erratic genius and a painful record of trials and sufferings: it was evidently a record intended for the world, and was published in 1853. His widow was granted a pension by the Crown, and some additional provision made for his family by a public subscription.

HAYES, Michael Angklo, R.H.A. Was born in Waterford, July 25, 1820, and was the son of Edward Hayes, R.H.A., a clever water-colour painter of landscapes, figures and small portraits ; and an exhi- bitor of works in oil of marine subjects for several successive years at the Royal Aca- demy in London. His first contribution to the R.H. Academy was ' The Deserter ' in the year 1840, and. he became celebrated for military subjects in water-colour, though he subsequently painted in oil. He was an Associate of the Institute of Paint- ers in Water-Colours in London, and was elected a member of the Royal Hibernian Academy in 1854, andfulfillea the duties of its secretaryship between 1856—1 870. Some of his principal works are * Charge of the 3rd Light Dragoons at Moodtree,, 'St. Patrick's Day at Dublin Castle/ and ' In- stallation of the Prince of Wales as Knight of St. Patrick/ in 1871. His death was the result of an accident, he was found drowned in a tank into which he had fallen from giddiness, and in falling had been stunned so, that he could not struggle out. As an artist he showed considerable ability, and he was a conscientious student of nature. He died December 31, 1877.

HAYES ? William, animal painter. An industrious artist of the latter part of the 18th century. He published, in large 204

foho, 1775, 'The Natural History of British Birds, accurately drawn and coloured from Nature ; ' and m 1794, ' Portraits of the rare Birds in Osterley Park/ in 41 numbers, containing 81 plates ; but he never realised enough to keep a large family, and lived in much distress and difficulty.

HAYES, John, portrait painter. He had considerable employment, and from 1820 was a constant exhibitor of portraits at the Academy. In his latter years he exhibited some subject pictures. He died June 14, 1866, aged 80.

HAYLEY, Robert, animal painter. He was born in Ireland, and was a pupil of the elder West in the Dublin Schools. He drew in black and white chalk in an original manner, having the appearance of mezzo-tint, both cattle and the human figure. His animals were freely and cor- rectly drawn, and had much spirit. He died in Dublin about 1770, from a cold caught while sketching out of doors.

• HAYLEY, Thomas, sculptor. The natural, or adopted son, of Hayley, the poet, wno styled him ' his poetic child/ ' his youthful Phidias.' He was the pupil of Flaxman, and showed much ability, but died young, at Eartham, Sussex, May 2, 1810.

• H AYLS, John, portrait painter. Born in England. He was the contemporary, and in some degree the rival, of Lely. lie practised both m oil and in water-colours. Some of his best known portraits are of the Bedford family, and in the Woburn collection. He was an excellent copyist of Vandyck, and was employed by Pepys, who was pleased with Ins work. He died in Bloomsbury, 1679, and was buried in St. Martin's Church.

HAYMAN, 1$., portrait painter. There is a portrait by an artist of this name, of Tallis, the musician, who died 1585. It is engraved.

• HAYMAN, Francis, R.A., history painter. Born in Exeter in 1708 ; he was descended from a respectable family. He commenced his art education as a pupil of Robert Brown, a portrait painter ; came to London while young, and was employed by Fleetwood, the manager of Drury Lane, as scene painter. He was also much employed in the illustration of books, and designed for Sir Thomas Hanmer's edition of Shake-' speare, 1744, and for editions of Milton, 1749, rope, and Cervantes. He painted a series of historical designs for Yauxhall Gardens, which gained him a great reputa- tion, ana he was considered the first histor- ical painter of his day. He was a tolerable draftsman, but was quizzed for his long noses and shambling legs. His colour was weak and ineffective. He was a member of the St. Martin's Lane Academy, for a short time president of the Incorporated