William and Emma Hamilton [ Aristocracy / Travel ]
… became the favourite of Queen Maria Carolina of Naples, and hosted large parties. She also provided the entertainment, dancing the tarantella or performing her Attitudes for her guests. Dressed in classic attire, the beautiful, sensual, and … her performance to the ancient art of pantomime.Ismene Lada-Richards, ‘‘Mobile Statuary’: Refractions of Pantomime Dancing from Callistratus to Emma Hamilton and Andrew Ducrow’, International Journal of the Classical Tradition (vol. 10, … opportunities for sociability, either mediated through displays such as the young fisher boys, Emma’s Attitudes or her dancing of the tarantella, through the practice of portraiture, at dinners, or with Sir William taking his guests to see …
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