Francis Hayman

26 works held in 7 museums

Painter of Vauxhall Gardens, of conversation pieces and of the Battle of Plassey, founding member of the Royal Academy, 1708-1776

Don Quixote Knighted by the Innkeeper, Francis Hayman

Don Quixote Knighted by the Innkeeper, 1765–1770.

Francis Hayman (British), oil on canvas

Royal Albert Memorial Museum, United Kingdom

Captain Sir Edward Vernon, 1723-94, Francis Hayman

Captain Sir Edward Vernon, 1723-94, 1753–1756.

Francis Hayman (British), oil on canvas

Royal Museums Greenwich, United Kingdom

George Rogers and His Wife, Margaret Rogers (née Tyers), and His Sister, Margaret Rogers, Francis Hayman

George Rogers and His Wife, Margaret Rogers (née Tyers), and His Sister, Margaret Rogers, 1748–1750.

Francis Hayman (British), oil on canvas

Yale Center for British Art, United States

Grosvenor Bedford and Family, Francis Hayman

Grosvenor Bedford and Family, 1747–1748.

Francis Hayman (British), oil on canvas

Royal Albert Memorial Museum, United Kingdom

The Wrestling Scene from ‘As You Like It’, Francis Hayman

The Wrestling Scene from ‘As You Like It’, c. 1740–1742.

Francis Hayman (British), oil on canvas

Tate, United Kingdom

Benjamin Hoadly and His Wife, Francis Hayman

Benjamin Hoadly and His Wife

Francis Hayman (British), oil on canvas

Wellcome Collection, United Kingdom

Don Quixote Brought Home by the Peasant after the Tilt with the Toledo Merchant, Francis Hayman

Don Quixote Brought Home by the Peasant after the Tilt with the Toledo Merchant, 1765–1770.

Francis Hayman (British), oil on canvas

Royal Albert Memorial Museum, United Kingdom

The Good Samaritan, Francis Hayman

The Good Samaritan, 1751–1752.

Francis Hayman (British), oil on canvas

Yale Center for British Art, United States

George and Margaret Rogers, Francis Hayman

George and Margaret Rogers, 1748–1750.

Francis Hayman (British), oil on canvas

Yale Center for British Art, United States

Maurice Greene and John Hoadly, Francis Hayman

Maurice Greene and John Hoadly, 1747.

Maurice Greene; John Hoadly (museum title)

Francis Hayman (British), oil on canvas

National Portrait Gallery, United Kingdom

Jonathan Tyers and His Family, Francis Hayman

Jonathan Tyers and His Family, 1740.

Francis Hayman (British), oil on canvas

National Portrait Gallery, United Kingdom

Don Quixote Disputing with the Mad Cardenio, Francis Hayman

Don Quixote Disputing with the Mad Cardenio, 1765–1770.

Francis Hayman (British), oil on canvas

Royal Albert Memorial Museum, United Kingdom

Jonathan Tyers, with His Daughter Elizabeth, and Her Husband John Wood, Francis Hayman

Jonathan Tyers, with His Daughter Elizabeth, and Her Husband John Wood, 1750–1752.

Francis Hayman (British), oil on canvas

Yale Center for British Art, United States

Thomas Nuthall and His Friend Hambleton Custance, Francis Hayman

Thomas Nuthall and His Friend Hambleton Custance, c. 1748.

Francis Hayman (British), oil on canvas

Tate, United Kingdom

Dr Charles Chauncey, M.D., Francis Hayman

Dr Charles Chauncey, M.D., 1747.

Dr. Charles Chauncey, M.D. (museum title)

Francis Hayman (British), oil on canvas

Yale Center for British Art, United States

Samuel Richardson, the Novelist (1684-1761), Seated, Surrounded by His Second Family, Francis Hayman

Samuel Richardson, the Novelist (1684-1761), Seated, Surrounded by His Second Family, 1740–1741.

Francis Hayman (British), oil on canvas

Tate, United Kingdom

Don Quixote’s Battle with the Wine Skins, Francis Hayman

Don Quixote’s Battle with the Wine Skins, 1765–1770.

Francis Hayman (British), oil on canvas

Royal Albert Memorial Museum, United Kingdom

Portrait of the Artist at His Easel, Francis Hayman

Portrait of the Artist at His Easel, c. 1750.

Francis Hayman (British), oil on canvas

Royal Albert Memorial Museum, United Kingdom

Mary Chauncey (née Tahourdin), Francis Hayman

Mary Chauncey (née Tahourdin), 1748.

Francis Hayman (British), oil on canvas

Yale Center for British Art, United States

Portrait of a Group of Gentlemen, with the Artist, Francis Hayman

Portrait of a Group of Gentlemen, with the Artist, 1745–1748.

Portrait of a Group of Gentleman, with the Artist (museum title)

Francis Hayman (British), oil on canvas

Yale Center for British Art, United States

Portrait of a Lady (probably the Wife of the Artist), Francis Hayman

Portrait of a Lady (probably the Wife of the Artist), 1734–1735.

Francis Hayman (British), oil on canvas

Royal Albert Memorial Museum, United Kingdom

Robert Clive, Mir Muhammad Dja'far Khan and his son Mir Miran, with British and Mughal attendants, after the Battle of Plassey, 1757, Francis Hayman

Robert Clive, Mir Muhammad Dja'far Khan and his son Mir Miran, with British and Mughal attendants, after the Battle of Plassey, 1757, c. 1760.

Robert Clive, Mir Muhammad Dja'far Khan and his son Mir… (museum title)

Francis Hayman (British), oil on canvas

National Portrait Gallery, United Kingdom

The Muses Paying Homage to Frederick, Prince of Wales, and Princess Augusta, or The Artists Presenting a Plan for an Academy, Francis Hayman

The Muses Paying Homage to Frederick, Prince of Wales, and Princess Augusta, or The Artists Presenting a Plan for an Academy, 1749–1752.

The Muses Paying Homage to Frederick Prince of Wales and… (museum title)

Francis Hayman (British), oil on canvas

Royal Albert Memorial Museum, United Kingdom

David Garrick and Hannah Pritchard (née Vaughan) in Benjamin Hoadly's "The Suspicious Husband", Francis Hayman

David Garrick and Hannah Pritchard (née Vaughan) in Benjamin Hoadly's "The Suspicious Husband", 1747.

Francis Hayman (British), oil on canvas

Yale Center for British Art, United States

The Milkmaid's Garland, or Humours of May Day, Francis Hayman

The Milkmaid's Garland, or Humours of May Day, 1741–1742.

Francis Hayman (British), oil on canvas

Victoria and Albert Museum, United Kingdom

Self-Portrait of the Artist in His Studio, Francis Hayman

Self-Portrait of the Artist in His Studio, 1734–1735.

Francis Hayman (British), oil on canvas

Royal Albert Memorial Museum, United Kingdom

Works by Francis Hayman (1708-1776), in the public domain, each linked to its record in the museum that holds it. Born in Exeter and trained as a painter of theatre scenery, Hayman painted around 1741-1742 the large canvases for the supper boxes of Vauxhall Gardens in London: games, dances and popular festivities. A friend of Hogarth and the teacher of the young Gainsborough, he was one of the English painters of conversation pieces, portraits of families or friends gathered in a drawing room or a park. He illustrated Shakespeare, Milton and Cervantes and, during the Seven Years' War, painted for Vauxhall large history paintings celebrating British victories, among them Robert Clive meeting Mir Jafar after the Battle of Plassey (1757), known from its sketch. He was a founding member of the Royal Academy in 1768. Only works that the museums give to Hayman without reservation, and of which a freely reusable photograph exists, are included. The titles are those of the museums, with their translation.