Correspondence and Table-Talk 2 Volume Set : With a Memoir by his Son Mixed media product
by Benjamin Robert Haydon
Edited by Frederick Wordsworth Haydon
Part of the Cambridge Library Collection - Art and Architecture series
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Artist, diarist, and devotee of the Elgin Marbles, Benjamin Robert Haydon (1786-1846) is best known for his large-scale paintings, such as Christ's Entry into Jerusalem and The Raising of Lazarus.
After he entered the Royal Academy in 1805 as a student of Henry Fuseli, his forthright views and combative manner fuelled a feud with the institution and perceived enemies.
His unshakeable belief in his own genius and his unwillingness to compromise his artistic standards drew him ever further into debt, which ultimately contributed to his suicide.
As a writer, Haydon's acute eye for the humorous is demonstrated throughout his correspondence and diary.
In this two-volume work, first published in 1876, his son Frederick Wordsworth Haydon (1827-86) brings together letters and extracts from his father's journals.
Volume 1 contains a biography and general correspondence.
Volume 2 includes letters to and from Keats and Wordsworth, along with journal extracts.
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- Format:Mixed media product
- Pages:1022 pages
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:31/10/2013
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- ISBN:9781108065962
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- Format:Mixed media product
- Pages:1022 pages
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:31/10/2013
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- ISBN:9781108065962
