The Winterthur Library

 The Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and Printed Ephemera

Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum

5105 Kennett Pike, Winterthur, Delaware  19735

Telephone: 302-888-4600 or 800-448-3883

 

 

OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION

 

Creator:         Hayward, John Samuel, 1778-1822.  

Title:               Papers and prints,

Dates:             ca.1819-1823.

Call No.:         Col. 633         

Acc. No.:        01x87

Quantity:        15 items (2 folders)

Location:        18 C 1

 

 

 

BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT

 

John Samuel Hayward (1778-1822) was an English artist.  His father was a floor cloth manufacturer, and John Samuel succeeded his father in running the business.  But his love was for painting, particularly watercolors.  Although an amateur, he exhibited forty-seven works at the Royal Academy from 1798 to 1816, and was secretary of the Sketching Society.  He traveled in Italy, France, Scotland, Wales, several parts of England, and Ireland.

 

 

SCOPE AND CONTENT

 

Bills sent to John Samuel Hayward, prints of his drawings, and a catalog for the auction of his library.  The three bills, dated 1820-1821, are charges for printing proofs and engraved copies of some of his drawings.  Two bills were from McQueen & Co., one dated May-Nov. 1820 (for proofs of the River Lethe), and the other Jan. 19, 1821 (for prints of the River Lethe).  The third bill, which includes a short letter, was from F. C. Lewis and was for engraving Tivoli, Albano, and Mola de Greta.  Included with this is a bill from J. Fisher, the printer.

 

The auction, conducted by Mr. Christie, was held February 26-28, 1823, and included a large number of prints, drawings, and books on fine arts, travel, and other subjects.  Some of the drawings sold at the auction were by Hayward.  The auction, which included picture frames and Hayward’s drawing equipment, was held to settle his estate.  The eleven prints from Hayward’s drawings are scenes of France and Italy, primarily views of villages and towns.

 

           

ORGANIZATION

 

Divided by type: bills, auction catalog, prints.

 

 

LANGUAGE OF MATERIALS

 

The materials are in English.

 

 

RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS

 

Collection is open to the public.  Copyright restrictions may apply.

           

 

PROVENANCE

 

Purchased from Charles B. Wood III, Inc.

 

 

ACCESS POINTS

 

Topics:

            Printing - Great Britain - London.

            Auctions - Great Britain - London.

            Artists – England.

            Inventories of decedents’ estates - Great Britain - London.

            France - Pictorial works.

            Italy - Pictorial works.

            Auction catalogs.

Prints.

Bills.   

 

 

 

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION

 

Location: 18 C 1

 

All accession numbers begin with 01x87.

 

 

Folder 1: bills, auction catalog

 

.1         bill from McQueen & Co., Jan. 19, 1821, to J. Hayward, for 150 prints of River Lethe, and including a charge for 75 sheets of plate Grand Eagle

 

.2         bill from McQueen & Co., May 31-Nov. 15, 1820, to J. Hayward, for proofs of River Lethe (including some in red and others in black); also 150 prints of the same; and including a charge for 75 sheets of Grand Eagle plate;

                        On back: Mr. Hayward, Floor Cloth Manuf., Kennington Road

 

.3         bill from F. C. Lewis, April 13, 1820, to J.S. Hayward: includes charges for enbraving Tivoli [see .15], Albano [see .14], and Mola de Greta; also for doing something to the plates, and for the printer’s bill;

                        Credit was given for a floor cloth and a bill;

                        Includes a note requesting ready money so the printed could be paid;

                        The bill is marked Settled, 8 July 1820, signed J.S. Hayward;

                        Inside: the bill from the printer J. Fisher to F.C. Lewis, April 17, 1820, for printing 200 copies each of Moli de Gret, Tivoli, and Albani, plus charges for paper and for 14 proofs;

                        The paper is watermarked J Whatman 1817

 

.4         auction catalog: “A Catalogue of the Valuable Library of Books, … of the late J.S. Hayward, Esq. Dec. … will be sold by auction, by Mr. Christie, … Wednesday, February the 26th, 1823 ….”

 

 

 

Folder 2: prints

 

.5         “Pont de la Vallée,” J.S. Hayward f.

                        Added in pencil: J.S.H., 1819

            Coach and carriages crossing a masonry bridge; trees in foreground; hills in background

 

.6         classical ruins, with pyramid to left, stone pillar in foreground, arched opening center right, and a more modern building in right background; several people are depicted;

                        Some designs are in left margin of print.

                        Added in pencil: J.S.H., 1819

 

.7         “Massa,” J.S. Hayward f.;

                        Added in pencil: 1819;

                        Stone buildings in a town, with several female figures, one of whom holds a toddler

 

.8         “A Part of Tivoli,” J.S. Hayward del & sculpt;

                        Road leading to a town perched on a hill top, with two figures walking, one person riding a donkey, and some other livestock on the road

 

.9         a group of men, children, and a woman, looking at something out of view to the left;

                        Penciled in: J.S. Hayward, the 1st proof is dated Feby 1819

 

.10       “Lyons,” J.S. Hayward f.;

                        Bridge over river in center, with city on either side and in background

 

.11       French town scene;

on left: soldiers outside a building with sign Bierre et Café;

in center: farmer with cart pulled by an ox;

to right: another soldier and townspeople;

large building in background looms over the smaller homes and shops in middle ground

 

.12       shepherd and flock in foreground; town in middle ground; hills in background;

                        Note in right margin: “Dear Sir, I have been absent from town or should have forwarded this.”

                        Penciled note in left margin is mostly difficult to read; it is headed 14 Fountain [smeared], and the note mentions this being a proof;

                        On back: this print had been folded and mailed to Mr. J.S. Hayward, Newington Causeway, and is postmarked 21 De , 2 o’clock, 1803 ANP[?]; another mark begins: Two

 

.13       “Marengo,” J.S. Hayward f.

                        The church is the dominant feature of this village; includes pedestrians on a road leading to the village

 

.14       “Albano,” J.S. Hayward, delin., F.C. Lewis, sculp.

                        Man sits alongside a road leaving to a town, trees and a building on right side, town in middle ground, a hill in background

 

.15       “Tivoli,” J.S. Hayward, delin., F.C. Lewis, sculp.

                        Two boys on terrace in foreground; waterfall in middle; town in background, trees to right and left