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The Triumph of Temper, A Poem. In six Cantos. By William Hayley, Esq. 0 VOI CH' AVETE GL' INTELLETTI SANI MRATE LA DOTTRINA, CHE SI ASCONDE SOTTO' IL VELAME DEGLI VERSI STANI. DANTE, inferno, Cant 9. The Second Edition. London: Printed for J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall. M.DCC.LXXXI.
4to, Half calf, marble boards, worn. Lacking half title, pp. xii + 166.
William Hayley [1745-1820], English poet, biographer, and patron of the arts. In writing this essay Hayley was sincerely of the opinion that he was defending the "old maids" of the community. When women reviled him for the publication, he professed himself deeply grieved. Hayley is best remembered for his friendships with William Blake, the great pre-Romantic poet, painter, and designer, and with the 18th-century poet William Cowper. He was also a patron of less well-known writers, including the poet and novelist Charlotte Smith. Hayley is also recalled for his well-meant but destructive patronage of George Romney, a painter whom he persuaded to continue the “drudgery of face-painting” when Romney would have preferred to paint ideal subjects.
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4to, Half calf, marble boards, worn. Lacking half title, pp. xii + 166.
William Hayley [1745-1820], English poet, biographer, and patron of the arts. In writing this essay Hayley was sincerely of the opinion that he was defending the "old maids" of the community. When women reviled him for the publication, he professed himself deeply grieved. Hayley is best remembered for his friendships with William Blake, the great pre-Romantic poet, painter, and designer, and with the 18th-century poet William Cowper. He was also a patron of less well-known writers, including the poet and novelist Charlotte Smith. Hayley is also recalled for his well-meant but destructive patronage of George Romney, a painter whom he persuaded to continue the “drudgery of face-painting” when Romney would have preferred to paint ideal subjects.
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The Life of George Romney, Esq. He was famous in his profession: And it was his great right to be so. Shakespeare. Vittima della sua applicazionne, ci e stato rapito da questa vita, compsanto da tutti gli spassionati...e a procurare di adempiere i suoi desideri col rendere utile la sua memoria. Azara, vita di Mengs.
By William Hayley, Esq.
Chichester: Printed by W. Mason. For T. Payne, Pall-Mall, London. 1890.
4to (286 x 228mm. 11¼ x 9"), with green morrocan board covers, title on spine. Incomplete, 8 plates only; front cover broken off.
An illustrated account of George Romney's life. Hayley is subjective and partial but contains many personal insights, and he preserves the oddities of Romney's character. George Romney (1734-1802), the English portrait painter, the most fashionable artist of his day, painting leading society figures, including his artistic muse, Emma Hamilton, mistress of Lord Nelson.
Ex: Leggatts.
[Ref: 22100] £100.00
By William Hayley, Esq.
Chichester: Printed by W. Mason. For T. Payne, Pall-Mall, London. 1890.
4to (286 x 228mm. 11¼ x 9"), with green morrocan board covers, title on spine. Incomplete, 8 plates only; front cover broken off.
An illustrated account of George Romney's life. Hayley is subjective and partial but contains many personal insights, and he preserves the oddities of Romney's character. George Romney (1734-1802), the English portrait painter, the most fashionable artist of his day, painting leading society figures, including his artistic muse, Emma Hamilton, mistress of Lord Nelson.
Ex: Leggatts.
[Ref: 22100] £100.00