Benjamin Robert Haydon Pen And Ink Drawing Prometheus Chained Circa.1819 Neoclassical Provenance: Bill Drummond

Provenance: Bill Drummond

Becoming an accomplished miniaturist in the 1780s while still in Ireland

Some old mount staining otherwise in very good unfaded condition

Clothilde (1819)

Hygeia Goddess of Health and Cleanliness Italian School 18th

Benjamin Robert Haydon Pen And Ink Drawing Prometheus Chained Circa.1819 Neoclassical Provenance: Bill DrummondBenjamin Robert Haydon 1786 1846 Pen, pencil and ink study of Prometheus chained. 15. 5 by 9. 5 cms image. 36. 5 by 31. 2 cms. Overall. Haydon better known for his failures rather than his successes is much maligned as an artist. He specialised in grand historical pictures, which were becoming unfashionable in his own time and severely limited his market. His commercial success was often damaged by his tactless dealings with his aristocratic patrons,