Benjamin Haydon

British · 1786–1846 · Painter, Printmaker

English painter, specialising in grand historical pictures (1786-1846)

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English painter, specialising in grand historical pictures (1786-1846)

Born 1786, PlymouthDied 1846, LondonOccupation Painter, Printmaker, DraughtsmanWikidata Q817668 ↗ULAN 500021184 ↗Museum works 19

Also known as B.R. Haydon, Benjamin R. Haydon, Benjamin Robert Haydon, Hayden, Haydon, Mr. Haydon

Works in museum collections

Open-access images (public domain, CC0 or CC BY) from museum collections, each shown with its credit line and licence.

Benjamin Haydon, Study of a Hand [recto] — **Study of a Hand [recto]**charcoal on brown wove paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of William B. O'Neal — Open Access …

Benjamin Haydon, Study of a Foot [verso] — **Study of a Foot [verso]**charcoal on brown wove paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of William B. O'Neal — Open Access …

Benjamin Haydon, Study of a Right Hand [recto] — **Study of a Right Hand [recto]**charcoal heightened with white on laid paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of William B. O'Neal — Open Access …

Benjamin Haydon, Study of the Statue of Diana in the Vatican [verso] — **Study of the Statue of Diana in the Vatican [verso]**charcoal on laid paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of William B. O'Neal — Open Access …

Benjamin Haydon, Xenophon and the Greeks Sighting the Sea [recto] — **Xenophon and the Greeks Sighting the Sea [recto]**pen and brown ink on wove paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of William B. O'Neal — Open Access …

Benjamin Haydon, Xenophon and the Greeks Sighting the Sea [verso] — **Xenophon and the Greeks Sighting the Sea [verso]**pen and brown ink on wove paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of William B. O'Neal — Open Access …

Benjamin Haydon, Marcus Curtius — **Marcus Curtius**1843
National Gallery of Victoria ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — National Gallery of Victoria

Benjamin Haydon, Venus and Anchise — **Venus and Anchise**1826
Yale Center for British Art ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Yale Center for British Art

Benjamin Haydon, The Mock Election — **The Mock Election**1827
Royal Collection ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Royal Collection

Benjamin Haydon, James Henry Leigh Hunt — **James Henry Leigh Hunt**1811
National Portrait Gallery ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — National Portrait Gallery

Benjamin Haydon, Napoléon Bonaparte — **Napoléon Bonaparte**1830
National Portrait Gallery ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — National Portrait Gallery

Benjamin Haydon, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington — **Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington**1839
National Portrait Gallery ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — National Portrait Gallery

Benjamin Haydon, The Anti-Slavery Society Convention, 1840 — **The Anti-Slavery Society Convention, 1840**1841
National Portrait Gallery ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — National Portrait Gallery

Benjamin Haydon, William Wordsworth — **William Wordsworth**1842
National Portrait Gallery ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — National Portrait Gallery

Benjamin Haydon, Lord Gray — **Lord Gray**n.d. · Charcoal, heightened with white chalk, on tan wove paper
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection — publi…

Benjamin Haydon, Sketch of Horse with Notations — **Sketch of Horse with Notations**n.d. · Pen and brown ink on cream wove paper
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection — publi…

Benjamin Haydon, Sketch of Horse and Rider — **Sketch of Horse and Rider**n.d. · Pen and brown ink on cream wove paper
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection — publi…

Benjamin Haydon, Sketches Related to Painting of Marcus Curtis — **Sketches Related to Painting of Marcus Curtis**n.d. · Pen and brown ink on ivory laid paper
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection — publi…

Benjamin Haydon, Head of Nero in the British Museum — **Head of Nero in the British Museum**n.d. · Charcoal, heightened with white chalk, on light gray-brown wove paper
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection — publi…

Artist record compiled from: Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By), National Gallery of Art open data (CC0), Art Institute of Chicago API (CC0), The Met Open Access (CC0). See data sources & attribution.

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Works in museum collections

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