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Historical Subject with Men and a Boy Near a Ship Print by William Hamilton

Historical Subject with Men and a Boy Near a Ship

Anatomical Study of a Foot Print by William Hamilton

Anatomical Study of a Foot

The Abduction of Deianira Print by William Hamilton

The Abduction of Deianira

Amymone with a Lecherous Satyr Print by William Hamilton

Amymone with a Lecherous Satyr

A King and a Horse with Ghostly Women Print by William Hamilton

A King and a Horse with Ghostly Women

John the Baptist and Two Men, with Christ Print by William Hamilton

John the Baptist and Two Men, with Christ

 Envy from Ovid's House of Envy Print by William Hamilton

Envy from Ovid's House of Envy

William Hamilton RA (1751–1801) was an English painter and illustrator.

Life

Hamilton was born in Chelsea, London, but travelled and worked in Italy with Antonio Zucchi for several years. He trained first as an architectural draftsman, but soon moved to theatrical portraits and scenes from plays.

Hamilton became an associate member of the Royal Academy from 1784, and was made a full member in 1789.


Works

Hamilton became very well known for his paintings depicting episodes from the plays of Shakespeare and for his illustrations of poems. He was commissioned to create works for John Boydell's Shakespeare Gallery, Thomas Macklin's Bible and Robert Bowyer's English History.[1] These were widely reproduced in popular prints. Francesco Bartolozzi engraved a number of Hamilton's best known works.[2]

He also painted modern events, such as the execution of Marie Antoinette, in the manner of epic historical drama. Several battle scenes were also exhibited including The destruction of the Spanish battery ships before Gibraltar in the night of the 13th of Sept. last (1783) and Defence of the Breach at Jean d'Acre by Sir Sidney Smith (1800).

Hamilton's style shows the influence of the cult of sentiment typical of the period, resembling the work of Angelica Kauffman. He also sometimes adopts aspects of Fuseli's dramatic distortions in composition and figure drawing.


Gallery

John Philip Kemble as Richard III, c. 1787

Vertumnus and Pomona, 1789

'The carousing of Sir Toby Belch and Sir Anthony Aguecheek, 1792

Isabella appealing to Angelo, 1793

Marie Antoinette being taken to her execution, 1794

The Wolves Descending from the Alps, 1794

Olivia's proposal, c. 1796

Prospero and Ariel, 1797

A Scene from Twelfth Night, c. 1797

The Duke of York discovering his son Aumerle's treachery, late 1790s

References

"The art of the print". Retrieved 7 October 2014.
"William Hamilton pictures". argyllpictures.co.uk.

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