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1, 1866. Portrait painter, self-taught. Originally a turner, then a soldier in the war of 1812, and a house-painter in Pittsburgh, he developed a talent for portrait painting, and going to London in 1832 met with much success. After his return he exercised his profession in St. Louis, Philadelphia, and Boston. Works: Portraits of Dukes of Norfolk, Hamilton, and Sussex; Sir Archibald Alison; Samuel Rogers; Lord Aberdeen; Daniel Webster, Bar Association, New York; Washington Allston, S. Batchelder; John Randolph, Corcoran Gallery, Washington; Daniel Boone; General Sherman; Henry Clay; John C. Calhoun; Chief Justice Marshall; Charles Carroll; William Wirt; Presidents Madison, Monroe, and J. Q. Adams.
HARDING, JAMES DUFFIELD, born
at Deptford, England, in 1798, died at
Barnes, Dec. 4, 1863. Landscape painter,
awarded in 1818 a medal by the Society of
Arts, elected in 1821 an associate, and in
1822 a member of the Water-Colour Society,
which he left in 1847 to become a candidate
for the R. A., but failing returned to it in
1857. Visited Italy in 1830; promoted
lithography, and wrote several works on art.
For his lithographic drawings, exhibited at
the Louvre, he received two gold medals
from the Academie des Beaux Arts. Works:
The Alps from Secco to Como; The Jungfrau;
Angers on the Loire; View of Freiburg;
Falls of Schaffhausen; On the Moselle,
Sir Richard Wallace, London; Pollards
in Windsor Meadows, Tintern Abbey, Landscape
with Hovels, South Kensington Museum.—Art
Journal (1850), 181; (1856),
270; (1864), 39, 89.
HARDORFF, GERDT, born in Hamburg
Territory (Altenland), May 11, 1769, died in
Hamburg in 1864. History painter, pupil
in Hamburg of Anton Tischbein, and from
1788 in Dresden of Casanova; returned in
1796 to Hamburg, where he became professor
at the Johanneum. Works: Cain
after the Fratricide (1794); Last Supper,
Crucifixion (1796), Magdalen; Director
Gurlitt at the Desk, Kunsthalle, Hamburg.—Allgem.
d. Biogr., x. 595; Nagler, Mon.,
ii. 1064.
HARDORFF, RUDOLF, born in Hamburg,
March 8, 1816. Marine painter, son
and pupil of Gerdt; has visited Holland,
England, and Scotland, and paints marines
effectively with interesting accessories.
Works: Sunrise on Coast (1848), Explosion
of Danish Man-of-War Christian VIII. near
Eckernförde (1850), Mouth of the Thames
near Ramsgate (1853), Moonlight on Coast,
Shipwreck, Kunsthalle, Hamburg; Naval
Victory of Germans over the Danes (1858);
Roadstead at Isle of Wight; The Log-House
in Hamburg Harbour; Cladda Rock by
Moonlight; Scotch Coast; Men-of-War in
North Sea.—Müller, 237.
HARDY, FREDERICK DANIEL, born
at Windsor, February, 1826. Genre painter,
relinquished music for painting; began to
exhibit in Royal Academy in 1851 views of
domestic interiors, which have made him
popular. Exhibits chiefly at Royal Academy.
Works: The Sweep (1862); Playing
at Doctor (1863); The Pedlar (1864); Leaky
Roof (1865); Threatened Deluge (1866);
Broken Window (1869); Reading the Will
(1870); Housekeepers Alarmed (1871);
Looking for Father (1873); Stirring News
(1875); A Misdeal (1877); Prayer for
Those at Sea, Music Party (1879); Evening
with Mozart (1881); Reading the Spectator
in 1711 (1882); In Memoriam (1883); Vespers
(1884).
HARDY, HEYWOOD, born in England;
contemporary. Genre painter. Exhibits at
Royal Academy and Grosvenor Gallery.
Works: Christmas Eve (1877); Meg Merrilies
and the Laird of Ellangowan (1879);
Sidi Ahmed ben Avuda and the Holy Lion,
Life's Chequered Ways, Lovers' Meeting,
Sleeping Beauty, Little Sisters (1881);
King's Daughter, Slain Enemy (1882); Lion
in Love, New Arrival, General Assembly
(1883); Rear Guard, Sale of Cavalry Horses,
Wanderers (1884); Roused, Trespassers
(1885).