Sir George Hayter was an English painter, specialising in portraits and large works involving sometimes several hundred individual portraits. Queen Victoria appreciated his merits and appointed Hayter her Principal Painter in Ordinary and also awarded him a Knighthood in 1841.
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Self-portrait of George Hayter aged 28, painted in 1820 (National Portrait Gallery)
A Controversy on Colour, by John Hayter (1800-1891) showing from left to right Charles Hayter (father of John and George), John Hayter, Edwin Landseer and George Hayter (Shipley Art Gallery
Venus, supported by Iris, complaining to Mars, by George Hayter. Exhibited RA in 1820 and winner of the Royal Academy Painting of the Year in 1823 (Chatsworth House)
The State Portrait of Queen Victoria (Royal Collection)
Self-portrait of Sir George Hayter in 1863 (Private Coll.)
The Angels Ministering to Christ, 1849 (V&A)
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About this person
Category
Artists
Type
Artist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1792 to 1871 · aged 78
Written about in
12 languages
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