James Hakewill (1778–1843) was an English architect, best known for his illustrated publications.

Life

The second son of John Hakewill, he was brought up as an architect, and exhibited some designs at the

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. He was collecting materials for a work on the Rhine when he died in London, 28 May 1843.

Works

In 1813 he published a series of ''Views of the Neighbourhood of Windsor, &c., with engravings by others from his own drawings''. In 1816–17 he travelled in Italy, and on his return published in parts ''A Picturesque Tour of Italy'', in which some of his own drawings were finished into pictures for engraving by

J. M. W. Turner Joseph Mallord William Turner (23 April 177519 December 1851), known in his time as William Turner, was an English Romantic painter, printmaker and watercolourist. He is known for his expressive colouring, imaginative landscapes and turbu ...

. In 1820–1 he visited

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, and subsequently published ''A Picturesque Tour in the Island of Jamaica, from his own drawings'' In 1828 he published ''Plans, Sections, and Elevations of the Abattoirs in Paris, with considerations for their adoption in London''. He also published a small tract on Elizabethan architecture. He was engaged in some works at

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and

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, Cheshire, and in 1836 was a competitor for the erection of the new

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. Hakewill is also supposed to be the author of ‘Cœlebs suited, or the Stanley Letters,’ in 1812.

Family

In 1807, at

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, Hakewill married Maria Catherine, daughter of W. Browne of Green Street,

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, herself a well-known portrait-painter, and a frequent exhibitor at the Royal Academy, who died in 1842. He left four sons, Arthur William,

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, Frederick Charles, a portrait-painter, and Richard Whitworth.

References

;Attribution {{DEFAULTSORT:Hakewill, James 1778 births 1843 deaths 19th-century English architects Architectural illustrators