James Hakewill
James Hakewill(1778–1843) was an English architect, best known for his illustrated publications.
Life
[edit]The second son ofJohn Hakewill,he was brought up as an architect, and exhibited some designs at theRoyal Academy.He was collecting materials for a work on the Rhine when he died in London, 28 May 1843.[1]
Works
[edit]In 1813 he published a series ofViews 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 partsA Picturesque Tour of Italy,in which some of his own drawings were finished into pictures for engraving byJ. M. W. Turner.In 1820–1 he visitedJamaica,and subsequently publishedA Picturesque Tour in the Island of Jamaica, from his own drawings[1]
In 1828 he publishedPlans, 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 atHigh LeghandTatton Park,Cheshire, and in 1836 was a competitor for the erection of the newHouses of Parliament.Hakewill is also supposed to be the author of ‘Cœlebs suited, or the Stanley Letters,’ in 1812.[1]
Family
[edit]In 1807, atSt George's, Hanover Square,Hakewill marriedMaria Catherine,daughter of W. Browne of Green Street,Grosvenor Square,herself a well-known portrait-painter, and a frequent exhibitor at the Royal Academy, who died in 1842. He left four sons,Arthur William,Henry James,Frederick Charles, a portrait-painter, and Richard Whitworth.[1]
References
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- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain:Cust, Lionel Henry (1890). "Hakewill, James".InStephen, Leslie;Lee, Sidney(eds.).Dictionary of National Biography.Vol. 24. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 9.
