- John Hayls
John Hayls (1600 - 1679) was an English
Baroque era painter. He is mentioned in the diary ofSamuel Pepys where he is referred to as "Hales".
thumb|125px|Portrait of Samuel Pepys by "Mr Hales". Oil on canvas, 1666.On display at the National Portrait Gallery.Extract from Pepys diary, 17 March 1666:
:"...at noon, home to dinner, and presently with my wife out to Hales's, where I am still infinitely pleased with my wife's picture. I paid him 14l for it, and 25s for the frame, and I think it is not a whit too dear for so good a picture. It is not yet quite finished and dry, so as to be fit to bring home yet. This day I begin to sit, and he will make me, I think, a very fine picture. He promises it shall be as good as my wife's, and I sit to have it full of shadows, and do almost break my neck looking over my shoulder to make the posture for him to work by."
External links
* [http://www.pepysdiary.com/p/2206.php "Mr Hales" in Pepys diaries]
* [http://www.kaleden.com/articles/3320.html Dressing Samuel Pepys]
* [http://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/person.asp?LinkID=mp07088&role=art Archive of other works by John Hayls] at the National Portrait Gallery
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