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Chairing The Member (Haydon)
''Chairing the Member'' is an 1828 oil painting by the British artist Benjamin Robert Haydon. Combining elements of genre painting and history painting, it was inspired by an event he has witnessed while imprisoned in the King's Bench Prison for debt. The Mock election in the King's Bench Prison, prisoners staged a mock election in which two of them were "elected" as Member of Parliament (UK), Members of Parliament. Haydon had portrayed the actual voting taking place in his 1827 work ''The Mock Election''. For the second, companion painting he focused on the ceremonial chairing of the winners. It was not an accurate depiction of the scene. By the time the military arrived to restore order in the prison (represented by the file of Grenadier Guards on the left) the candidates had already been confined in a strongroom. Haydon is himself seen watching the events from an upstairs window. The painting was completed by the end of August 1828 and in October went on display at the West ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benjamin Robert Haydon
Benjamin Robert Haydon (; 26 January 178622 June 1846) was a British painter who specialised in grand historical pictures, although he also painted a few contemporary subjects and portraits. His commercial success was damaged by his often tactless dealings with patrons, and by the enormous scale on which he preferred to work. He was troubled by financial problems throughout his life, which led to several periods of imprisonment for debt. Early years Childhood Haydon was born in Plymouth, the only son of another Benjamin Robert Haydon, a prosperous printer, stationer and publisher, and his wife Mary, the daughter of the Rev. Benjamin Cobley, rector of Kingsbridge, Dodbrooke, near Kingsbridge, Devon. At an early age he showed an aptitude for study, which was carefully fostered by his mother. At the age of six he was placed in Plymouth Grammar School, and at twelve in Hele's School, Plympton Grammar School, where Sir Joshua Reynolds had received most of his education. Reading Bernha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
