Author: Benjamin Robert Haydon; Tom Taylor [ed.]; Aldous Huxley [intro]
Title: The Autobiography and Memoirs of Benjamin Robert Haydon (1786-1846) Edited from His Journals
Description: London, Peter Davies, 1926. Cloth. A two-volume set of Benjamin Haydon's autobiography and memoirs, with an introduction by Aldous Huxley. A two-volume set in the publisher's original cloth bindings. Benjamin Robert Haydon (1786-1846) was a British artist who specialised in historical paintings, although he also painted portraits. In 1839, Haydon drew upon his extensive journals to write an autobiography. He had reached the year 1820 before he took his life. This autobiography was edited by Tom Taylor, with additional material from his diaries, and was first published in three volumes in 1853. This edition, complete in two volumes, was reprinted from the 1853 edition. Illustrated throughout. In the publisher's original cloth bindings. Externally smart, though slightly faded to the spines and a little bumped to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: G. H. Harlow; G. M. Zornlin; et al. Very Good .

Keywords: Autobiography Memoirs Benjamin Haydon Aldous Huxley Memoirs G. H. Harlow; G. M. Zornlin; et al.


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