Description of two pictures, I. The banishment of Aristeides, and II. The burning of Rome by Nero : parts of a series of six designs, originally made for the old House of Lords, 1812, and laid before every minister from that time to the present, / by B. R. Haydon, historical painter, now exhibiting, at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, Up Stairs, and then Pay on the Right.

Benjamin Robert Haydon

RA Collection: Book

Record number

23/483

Author

Imprint

[London]: [Printed by Wilson and Ogilvy], [1846]

Physical Description

16 p.; 217 mm.

General Note

A pamphlet accompanying Haydon's exhibition of his two paintings at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, London, in April-May 1846. On the verso of the title-page is theprinter statement, 'London : Printed by Wilson and Ogilvy, 57, Skinner Street, Snowhill.'

Provenance

Inscribed in ink 'J H Smith Jnr / London' at the top of the title-page and, at the top of p. 3 [first page of text], 'J. H. Smith / Caradoc Lodge - / Church Stretton.' With his manuscript underscoring and marginally throughout.
Bequeathed by Gilbert Bakewell Stretton, 1949.
Loosely inserted in the pamphlet is a sheet of paper inscribed in ink (possibly by G. B. Stretton):

B. R. Haydon.

1 Comparison. Elgin Horse Etc *

2 [1] Description of W Bewicks Pictures / 1323 [in another's handwriting, RA accession no.]

3 [2] "Some Enquiry" Etc

4 [3] Description of Two Pictures

5 [4] Catalogue of Sale

[in Hutchison's hand]

* Not included

Sidney C. Hutchison

Librarian.

31 December, 1949.

Binding Note

The catalogue is bound in a marbled paper cover.

Subject

Haydon, Benjamin Robert 1786-1846. Burning of Rome by Nero ; Exhibitions - Haydon, Benjamin Robert 1786-1846. Banishment of Aristeides ; Exhibitions

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