Taken from
Bonhams:
A pair
of portraits of Joseph Haycraft and his wife Sarah Haycraft both
inscribed to near contemporary labels 'The likeness of Joseph Haycraft
youngest son of John & Mary Haycraftof Rotherhithe and youngest
brother of my father, Thomas
Haycraft of Deptford'; 'Sarah the younger 'of the respectable family of
Searles of Maidenhead in the County of Berks, married
to Jos. Haycraft of Deptford Kent Jan 29. 1782. She departed this life Jan
3. 1785 aged 26 years. Much regretted by her said husband she was a
sincere and valuable friend a most kind and tender wife and humble
Christian', oil on canvas.
FOOTNOTES
The Haycrafts
were a family of shipbuilders, prior to 1700 in Torbay, then subsequently
in Rotherhithe and Deptford, Joseph was part of the family business, by
then a company of ironmongers fitting out ships in the Viturlline Yard in
Deptford. In 1795 his brother, Thomas Haycraft famously coined his own
token, the 'Haycraft Halfpenny' which bears the legend 'Payable at Tho's
Haycraft's, Deptford'.
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