William and Emma Hamilton [ Aristocracy / Travel ]
… Abstract As British ambassador to the Kingdom of Naples between 1764 and 1800, Sir William welcomed guests from across Europe. He showed them his vast collections of antiquities, accompanied them to excavation sites, and shared with them … Travel As British ambassador to the Kingdom of Naples, Sir William Hamilton (1730-1803) welcomed guests from across Europe. 1 Described in the seventeenth century as a paradise inhabited by devils, 2 Naples had, by the late eighteenth … palace. For more on Sir William and Emma Hamilton, see Ersy Contogouris, Emma Hamilton and Late Eighteenth-Century European Art: Agency, Performance, and Representation (London: Routledge, 2018). 2 . ‘Un paradis habité par des diables.’ …
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