Emma, Lady Hamilton
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Emma, Lady Hamilton, was an English courtesan, remembered as the mistress of naval hero Lord Nelson and the muse of artist George Romney.
Portrait as a girl (aged seventeen) by George Romney, c. 1782
Emma as Circe, by George Romney, 1782
Charles Greville by George Romney c. 1781
Portrait by George Romney, c. 1785
Horatia Nelson
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Horatia Nelson, christened as Horatia Nelson Thompson, was the illegitimate daughter of Emma, Lady Hamilton, and Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson.
Emma, Lady Hamilton
…to England in 1800 and set up a ménage à trois in London and at a country house in Merton bought by Nelson. Emma gave birth to Nelson's daughter, Horatia, in 1801. William Hamilton died in 1803, but Nelson and Emma were unable to marry as Nelson was still married to his wife Fanny. After Nelson's death…
An antique photograph of a portrait of Horatia Ward (née Nelson) from the Style/Ward Family collection
Horatia Nelson kneeling before her father's (imaginary) tomb, by William Owen (after 1807)
Horatia Nelson, circa 1815
Horatia Ward in later life