About John Hayes
Lived 1786 – 1866 (aged 79–80). John Hayes was an English and British painter, artist and portraitist.
John Hayes (1786?–1866) was a British portrait-painter. He died aged 80.
Works
Hayes first exhibited in the Royal Academy in 1814. He continued to show there to 1851; his contributions were chiefly portraits, though he occasionally sent a subject picture. Hayes had a good practice as a portrait-painter. His portrait of Agnes Strickland was engraved by Frederick Christian Lewis, as frontispiece to her Lives of the Queens of England (1851).
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Who was John Hayes?
British portrait-painter, born 1786 (1786–1866)
When was John Hayes born?
John Hayes was born in 1786.
When did John Hayes die?
John Hayes died on 14 June 1866.
What was John Hayes's occupation?
John Hayes was a painter, artist and portraitist.
What nationality was John Hayes?
John Hayes was English and British.
Sources & further reading
· DBpedia: John Hayes (painter)
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