Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900/Haughton, Moses (1772?-1848?)
HAUGHTON, MOSES, the younger (1772?–1848?), miniature-painter and engraver, nephew of Moses Haughton the elder [q. v.], was born at Wednesbury about 1772. He came to London to practise as an artist, became a pupil of George Stubbs, R.A., and a student of the Royal Academy. He practised as a portrait-painter, painting chiefly in miniature. Early in life he became a friend of Henry Fuseli, R.A. [q. v.], for whom he entertained a sincere admiration, and eventually resided with Fuseli in the keeper's apartments at Somerset House. He turned his attention to engraving, and under Fuseli's own superintendence executed several large engravings from Fuseli's most important pictures, notably, ‘Sin pursued by Death,’ ‘Ugolino,’ ‘The Dream of Eve,’ ‘The Nursery of Shakespeare,’ ‘The Lazarhouse,’ &c. He thus helped to perpetuate his master's fleeting popularity. He painted a well-known miniature of Fuseli, which has been often engraved, and another of Mrs. Fuseli, who after her husband's death became for some years an inmate of Haughton's household. Haughton was a frequent exhibitor at the Royal Academy from 1808 to 1848, after which he is lost sight of. Two miniature paintings by him, ‘The Love Dream’ and ‘The Captive,’ were engraved by R. W. Sievier, and other portraits by him were also engraved. He was married, and left a family.
[Redgrave's Dict. of Artists; Knowles's Life of Fuseli; Fuseli's works in the print room of the British Museum; Royal Academy Catalogues; private information.]