William and Emma Hamilton [ Aristocracy / Travel ]
… 'Emma Hamilton', © National Portrait Gallery, London, NPG 4448, circa 1785. Image Joshua Reynolds, ‘The Dilettanti Society’, © National Portrait Gallery, London, NPG D32325, 1777-1779. Image Allen, David, ‘Sir William and the first Lady … and 1794. Nicknamed the ‘Modern Pliny of Vesuvius’, 4 Sir William explored the volcano, then sent letters back to the Royal Society in England detailing his observations of Vesuvius, where they were read aloud, together with drawings and … antiquities that could be seen there: the portraitist and history painter William Artaud, who visited Italy in 1796 as a Royal Academy scholar, wrote that, ‘The environs of Naples are truly Classic Ground […] I have been at Herculaneum & …
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