- Edward Haytley
Edward Haytley (dates unknown, but work documented 1740 - 1764) was an English portrait and landscape painter of the 18th century. Little is known about him, but the background of some of his sitters and professional contacts suggest he may have come from
Lancashire .Few of his works survive, but he appears to have specialised in the "
conversation piece " form popular with the landedgentry of mid-18th century England, a group portrait against an idealised backdrop of the subjects' estates.His works of this form include one of Elizabeth Robinson with her parents, Edward and Elizabeth Montagu, at Sandleford Priory near Hythe,
Kent ; six portraits of the Stanley family including one of Sir Robert and Lady Bradshaigh in front of Haigh Hall; and two of theBrockman family on its Kent estate, Beachborough, both showing the newly-constructed Temple Pond. One of the latter may include Susanna Highmore, daughter of the portrait painterJoseph Highmore .His best known works are the oil-on-canvas
roundel s of Bethlem and Chelsea Hospitals donated in 1740, at the behest ofWilliam Hogarth , to theFoundling Hospital , London.His last recorded work was a conversation piece of
William Milner , second baronet, dated 1764, and he is assumed to have died shortly after this date.References
*Hugh Belsey, "Haytley, Edward (fl. 1740–1764)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/12792 accessed 1 July 2007]
* [http://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/collection/international/painting/h/ipa00027.html National Gallery Victoria, Australia]External links
* [http://cdm.cch.kcl.ac.uk/cdm4/results.php?CISOOP1=any&CISOFIELD1=CISOSEARCHALL&CISOROOT=/foundling&CISOBOX1=Haytley Haytley roundels] , Foundling Museum
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