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in 1850, ' Thames Craft, Moonlight/ and 'Winter Evening;' in 1852. 'Rochester, from Stroud.' This was his last exhibited work. He died shortly after. For some time he filled the office of secretary to the Society.
HASTINGS, Captain Thomas, amateur. He was an associate of the Liverpool Aca- demy. He held the office of collector of customs, and amusing himself as an etcher produced some cood plates. In 1813 he published his etchings from St. Augustine's and other buildings at Canterbury, under the title of ' Vestiges of Antiquity; ' and in 1825 his collection of etchings (39 in num- ber) from the works ef Richard Wilson, R. A.
HAUGHTON. Moses, enameller. He was born at Wednesbury, Staffordshire, in 1734, and brought up as an enameller. Employed in ornamental work at a manu- factory in Birmingham, he was led by his abilities to try art, and produced some good works, excelling in his still-life, dead game, &c., which were chiefly in water-colours, and close imitations to nature. He resided the greater part of his life at Wednesbury, and died at Ashted, near Birmingham, December 23. 1804.
HAUGHTON, Moses, portrait and subject painter. Nephew of the foregoing. Was born at Wednesbury about 1772. Came to London, where he was the pupil of Stubbs, and, admitted a student of the Royal Academy, he gained there a compe- tent knowledge of the figure. He exhi- bited two small subject pictures in 1792. He commenced his art as a portrait painter, chiefly practising in miniature. In this manner ne showed much vigour and power, and his likenesses were marked by great character. He was an early friend of Fuseli, of whom he painted and engraved a portrait in 1808. He attempted some scriptural and rural subjects in oil. Two of his works, ' The Love Dream ' and ' The Captive,' were engraved. He engraved himself (but it does not appear how far he practised this art) Fuseli's ' Death and Sin,' 'Eve's Dream,' 'The dismissal of Adam and Eve from Paradise,' and some other plates. He was a large exhibitor of minia- tures at the Royal Academy, and continued to contribute to the Academy Exhibitions till 1848.
HAVELL, William, landscape painter. One of 14 children, he was born at Reading, February 9, 1782. His father was a draw- ing-master there, and to make some addition to his professional gains kept a small shop. The son gained a good classical education at the well-known grammar school in the town. His father wished him to pursue the more certain gains to be made in the shop, but he longed to follow art, and seizing every opportunity to improve, surprised his father by his ability. Then allowed to take
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his own course, he made his way to Wales, and returned with a well-filled sketch-book. He first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1804, and in the same year was one of the foundation members of the Water-Colour Society. To study mountain scenery he went to Westmoreland in 1807, where he remained for nearly two years, gathering rich stores for his future works.
He had now attained distinction as a water-colour painter, and practised his art with success, exhibiting at the Water-Colour Society, notwithstanding his secession on the alteration of the constitution of the Society in 1813, and also occasionally, some- times in oil. at the Royal Academy. During this time ne resided awhile at Hastings,
foing to Reading to assist his father when is uncertain health prevented his profes- sional teaching, till 1816, when he was appointed draftsman to Lord Amherst's em- bassy, and sailed for China in the ' Alceste.' But he did not continue long in this office; an unfortunate quarrel led him to accept the opportunity of going, in 1817, to India, where he continued in the practice of his profession up to 1825, and realised a small property.
On his return he rejoined the Water- Colour Society, and in 1827 visited Florence, Rome, and Naples. But during his long absence in the East added to nis Italian travel, his art had become forgotten, his place filled by younger men, and after three years we miss his name in the Societ/s catalogues. Probably to regain his place in art he- tried oil, and became a constant exhibitor at the Royal Academy of works in that medium, his subjects chiefly Italian, with occasionally one of his old English hill scenes in Wales or Westmoreland, or a Chinese subject He had, however, to struggle hard to maintain his position; he was obliged to trench upon nis small savings, and his trials were aggravated by the failure of an Indian bank in which they were invested. He, however, gained some relief as a recipient of the Royal Academy
- Turner Fund.' His long declining health
gave way at last, and he died at Kensing- ton, December 16, 1867.
Havell was one of the real founders of our water-colour school; his manner ori- ginal, true to nature and characteristic, grana and massive in treatment, his colour powerful and good, his figures and cattle well drawn and grouped. His oil pictures show much excellence, and though rather yellow in tone and monotonous, the effect of sun and sunshine is admirably expressed.
HAVELL, John, engraver. He was born and practised in London. His works evinced much talent, but when gaining a rank in his profession he suddenly suffered a loss of his reason some years before his death, which took place in 1841.
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