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Sir William Hamilton
Title
Sir William Hamilton [art original].
Production
[England?], [not after 1806]
Physical Description
1 drawing : pen and ink ; sheet 7.5 x 8 cm, mounted to 28 x 22 cm
Medium
laid paper.
Notes
Title inscribed below image, in ink in a contemporary hand.
Unsigned; artist unidentified.
Place and date of production based on the country of residence and death date of Richard Bull, who owned and likely assembled the album in which this drawing was found.
Hamilton's diplomatic position is written on mount below image, in ink in a contemporary hand: English Minister at Naples.
Mounted with three other drawings on what was formerly page 89 in an album containing 402 pages, bound in red morocco leather with single gilt ruled line; spine stamped in gold "Drawings." Now disassembled and matted separately: Bull, R. Scrapbook of drawings. [England], [not after 1806].
Provenance
Merian drawings purchased by Richard Bull from the collection of Doctor Fothergill (1712-1780). Album purchased by W.S. Lewis at the Julia Swinburne and Lady Jane Ashburnham sale, Sotheby's, lot 426, 20 July 1954.
Summary
Portrait drawing of the diplomat and antiquarian William Hamilton; bust length, in profile to the left; hair in a ponytail; wearing a jacket and cravat.
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 17, 2017
References
Sir William Hamilton. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Sir William Hamilton. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Portrait drawings.
Ink drawings - British - 19th century.
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