Robert Havell, Jr.. The Havell family of Reading, Berkshire, England, included a number of notable engravers, etchers and painters, as well as writers, publishers, educators, and musicians.
In particular, members of this family were among the foremost practitioners of aquatint; and had a long association with Indian art and culture. They are the English descendants of the aristocratic Hauteville family of Normandy.
These early Havells are described in Philip Vickers 1995 The Moulsford Mystery, Part 1 being The First Evidence, by Vickers, and Part 2 being William Havell's Reminiscence of 1847. Published by The In-Hand Press of Farnham, Surrey, this printing is the sole printing of his Reminiscence, on the kind authority of Eric Stanford, then Keeper of Art at Reading Museum.
Reading Museum holds the original manuscript writing by Havell. Vickers also holds the most complete family tree of the Havells, the work of his cousin, Ron Havell.
As a descendant of the Havells on his mother's side, Vickers is a member of the d'Hauteville Family Association, Omnia Virtute. The family first came to notice through the brothers Luke Havell and Robert Havell the Elder; along with their nephew Daniel Havell. Luke Havell, born 1752, was lifted from a future life as a farmhand when a local squire recognised his talents and apprenticed him to a signwriter named Ayliffe Cole, from 1762 to 1764. He was appointed drawin
In particular, members of this family were among the foremost practitioners of aquatint; and had a long association with Indian art and culture. They are the English descendants of the aristocratic Hauteville family of Normandy.
These early Havells are described in Philip Vickers 1995 The Moulsford Mystery, Part 1 being The First Evidence, by Vickers, and Part 2 being William Havell's Reminiscence of 1847. Published by The In-Hand Press of Farnham, Surrey, this printing is the sole printing of his Reminiscence, on the kind authority of Eric Stanford, then Keeper of Art at Reading Museum.
Reading Museum holds the original manuscript writing by Havell. Vickers also holds the most complete family tree of the Havells, the work of his cousin, Ron Havell.
As a descendant of the Havells on his mother's side, Vickers is a member of the d'Hauteville Family Association, Omnia Virtute. The family first came to notice through the brothers Luke Havell and Robert Havell the Elder; along with their nephew Daniel Havell. Luke Havell, born 1752, was lifted from a future life as a farmhand when a local squire recognised his talents and apprenticed him to a signwriter named Ayliffe Cole, from 1762 to 1764. He was appointed drawin
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