Only Connect - Joseph Haydn <> William Hamilton
How are these sitters connected?
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Joseph Haydn |
A Cognocenti contemplating ye Beauties of ye Antique' (Emma, Lady Hamilton; Horatio Nelson; Sir William Hamilton) |
The connection
Horatio Nelson and William and Emma Hamilton met the
composer Franz Joseph Haydn in 1801. Nelson gave
Haydn a watch, and Haydn gave him a pen – both tools of their trades.
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