In 1845 visited Europe, where he remained four years. First picture exhibited in 1841. Elected N.A. in 1851. Studios in New York and Trenton Falls, N. J. Works: Edwin Booth as Iago; Henry Ward Beecher; Longfellow; Halleck; Dr. Kane; William M. Evarts; Dr. Cogswell; Bayard Taylor; Hamilton Fish; Luther Bradish (1857), Elisha Kent Kane (1859), Henry Abbott (1863), Historical Society, New York; Parke Godwin (1879), Mrs. F. N. Goddard, New York; Portrait, Indian Summer (1881); Mrs. B. F. Romaine (1882); Mrs. S. F. Billings (1883); Dr. James R. Wood (1884), New York Academy of Medicine; Birches at Thornwood—Trenton Falls (1879); In Brittany (1884); End of a Winter Day (1885), Dr. Robert Band, New York.—Tuckerman, 465; Benjamin, 49, 86.
HIDDEMANN, FRIEDRICH PETER,
born at Düsseldorf, Oct. 4, 1829. Genre
painter, pupil of Düsseldorf Academy under
Theodor Hildebrandt and Wilhelm Schadow;
travelled in Germany, France, Belgium, and
Holland, painted at first historical and romantic
subjects, then humourous genre
scenes. Medals in Vienna (1873), Philadelphia
(1876). Works: Wedding and Baptism;
The Monster; Concert; Surprise;
Severe Lecture; Pocket-Revision; Philosophy
of the Ball (1858), W. T. Walters, Baltimore;
From Bygone Days (1861); School-Arrest;
Beginning of Kirmess (1862); Amateur
Quartette (1863), Königsberg Museum;
Bottle of Champagne; Reunion (1866); Recruiting
in Time of Frederic the Great
(1870), National Gallery, Berlin; Return from
Afar (1871); Unbidden Neighbours (1872),
Wiesbaden Museum; Picnic in the Woods,
In Compartment of First Class (1874);
Winter Pleasure (1875); Funeral in Westphalia,
Carlsruhe Gallery; Love Letter
(1875), Düsseldorf Gallery; Desire for Revenge
(1876); Physician's Anteroom (1877).—Illustr.
Zeitg. (1873), i. 32; ii. 307;
(1878), ii. 347; Müller, 258; Neue freie
Presse, Aug. 18, 1871.
HIEN, DANIEL, born at Strassburg in
1725, died at Zweibrücken, Bavaria, in
1773. Landscape, animal, and still-life
painter, pupil of Konrad Mannlich, then in
Milan (1749) of Crivelli, and in Paris of
Oudry; painted especially hunting pieces
with great skill. Works: Landscape with
Herd and Figures, Germanic Museum, Nuremberg;
Animal pieces (2) (1765), Schleissheim
Gallery; others in Augsburg Gallery.
HIGHLANDERS HOME, Sir David
Wilkie, Earl of Essex; canvas. Interior,
with the father of the family sitting at right,
and the mother standing, holding her baby for
him to kiss; at their feet, two dogs; in background,
a girl going out of the door. Painted
in 1825. Engraved by W. Finden.—Heaton,
Works of Sir D. W.; Painters of Georgian Era.
HIGHMORE, JOSEPH, born in London
in 1692, died at Canterbury in 1780. History
and portrait painter, pupil of the Academy
under Sir Godfrey Kneller; painted
portraits of several Knights of the Bath on
the revival of that order in 1725, particularly
a fine picture of the Duke of Richmond
and his esquires, and afterwards, by
order of George I., a portrait of the Duke of
Cumberland; visited the Continent in 1732,
chiefly to see the Düsseldorf Gallery, and at
Antwerp to study the works of Rubens.
Works: Hagar and Ishmael; Good Samaritan;
Finding of Moses; The Graces unveiling
Nature; Portraits of Samuel Richardson
and Dr. Stebbing, National Gallery,
London.—Bryan (Graves), 654.
HILANDERAS, LAS (The Tapestry
Weavers), Velasquez, Madrid Museum; canvas,
H. 7 ft. 3 in. × 9 ft. 6 in. Scene in royal
tapestry manufactory of S. Isabel, Madrid.
An old woman, at spinning-wheel, turns to
speak to a girl behind her, who is drawing
back a red curtain; girl in centre, carding
wool, looks at a cat asleep by her side; another,
on right, winds yarn from a reel; behind
her, one entering room with a basket; in
background, three ladies examining tapestry.
A masterpiece; painted about 1656; formerly
in palace of Buen Retiro. Copy by Collier
in École des Beaux Arts, Paris. Etched
