{"title":"Hayman, Francis","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrancis Hayman RA (1708-1776)\u003c\/strong\u003e was an English painter and illustrator who became one of the founding members of the Royal Academy in 1768, and later its first librarian.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBorn in Exeter, Devon, Hayman begun his artistic career as a scene painter in London's Drury Lane theatre (where he also appeared in minor roles) before establishing a studio in St Martin's Lane.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA versatile artist influenced by the French Rococo style, he achieved some note during the 1740s through decorative paintings executed for the supper boxes at Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens in London. Hayman was also a successful portraitist and history painter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCombining some of these, he contributed 31 pictures to a 1744 edition of Shakespeare's plays by Sir Thomas Hanmer, and later portrayed many leading contemporary actors in Shakespearean roles, including David Garrick as Richard III (1760). He also illustrated Pamela, a novel by Samuel Richardson, Milton's Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained, Tobias Smollett's translation of Don Quixote, and other well-known works. In the 1760s Hayman was commissioned by Jonathan Tyers, proprietor of Vauxhall Gardens and the Denbies estate, to paint a series of large-scale history paintings depicting British victories in the Seven Years' War.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe was an able teacher. His pupils included Mason Chamberlin, Nathaniel Dance-Holland, Thomas Seton and Lemuel Francis Abbott, and he was also a strong influence on Thomas Gainsborough.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith Joshua Reynolds, Hayman was actively involved in the formation of the Society of Artists, a forerunner of the Royal Academy, during the early 1760s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHayman died in 1776 and was buried in an unmarked grave in St Anne's Church, Soho.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"hayman-francis-1708-1776-the-royal-academy-cricket-club-in-marylebone-fields-1748","title":"Hayman, Francis (1708-1776) - The Royal Academy Cricket Club in Marylebone Fields 1748","description":"\u003cp\u003eNote the shape of the cricket bats in this early cricketing scene by Francis Hayman, how they've changed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis download consists of 1 image in JPEG format that is 600dpi and 7950 pixels wide by 6310 pixels tall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe picture is out of copyright and in the public domain, so you are free to use it in whatever way you'd like, including commercial use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRead more about \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/publicdomainimagelibrary.com\/collections\/hayman-francis\" title=\"Francis Hayman\"\u003eFrancis Hayman\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Digital Download - 1 image","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51187543048522,"sku":null,"price":0.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0776\/7965\/7290\/files\/Hayman_Francis_1708-1776_-TheRoyalAcademyCricketClubinMaryleboneFields1748_main.jpg?v=1751629685"},{"product_id":"hayman-francis-1708-1776-self-portrait-of-the-artist-at-his-easel-1750","title":"Hayman, Francis (1708-1776) - Self-portrait of the artist at his easel 1750","description":"\u003cp\u003eSelf-portrait by the British artist Francis Hayman.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis download consists of 1 image in JPEG format that is 600dpi and 4923 pixels wide by 6840 pixels tall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe picture is out of copyright and in the public domain, so you are free to use it in whatever way you'd like, including commercial use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRead more about \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/publicdomainimagelibrary.com\/collections\/hayman-francis\" title=\"Francis Hayman\"\u003eFrancis Hayman\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Digital Download - 1 image","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":61817584845130,"sku":null,"price":0.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0776\/7965\/7290\/files\/Hayman_Francis_1708-1776_-Self-portraitoftheartistathiseasel1750_main.jpg?v=1778699349"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0776\/7965\/7290\/collections\/Hayman_Francis_1708-1776_-_The_Royal_Academy_Cricket_Club_in_Marylebone_Fields_1748-2733121.jpg?v=1751424432","url":"https:\/\/www.publicdomainimagelibrary.com\/collections\/hayman-francis.oembed","provider":"Public Domain Image Library","version":"1.0","type":"link"}