William Hamilton (diplomat)
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Sir William Hamilton, KB, PC, FRS, FRSE was a British diplomat, politician, antiquarian and vulcanologist who served as the Envoy Extraordinary to the Kingdom of Naples from 1764 to 1800. After sittin
Portrait of Sir William Hamilton by David Allan, 1775
William Hamilton with his sister Elizabeth, later Countess of Warwick, by William Hoare
William and Catherine Hamilton in the villa at Posillipo, by David Allan
A replica of the Portland Vase by Josiah Wedgwood in the V&A
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.
William Hamilton (diplomat)
…in studying local volcanoes and collecting antiquities, becoming a fellow of the Royal Society and being given the Copley Medal. His second wife was Emma Hamilton, who was famed as the mistress of Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson. Hamilton was born on 13 December 1730 (or 12 January 1731) in either London or…
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