William and Emma Hamilton [ Aristocracy / Travel ]
… the 35 years he spent in Naples, Sir William welcomed aristocrats, diplomats, Grand Tourists , artists, exiles from the French Revolution, and all those interested in the archaeological explorations that were feeding the development of … Emma’s vertiginous rise into, and eventual spectacular collapse from, the highest echelons of society, prompted the French portraitist Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun , who would later paint Emma, to reflect: ‘La vie de Lady Hamilton est un …
Dance | Diplomacy | Entertainement | Grand Tour | Italy | Travel
Encyclopedia