Emma Hamilton
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Emma Hamilton
by Charles Brome, by Thomas Bragg, after George Romney
line engraving, 1827 (mid 1780s)
14 7/8 in. x 11 7/8 in. (379 mm x 303 mm) plate size; 18 7/8 in. x 14 3/4 in. (478 mm x 375 mm) paper size
Acquired, 1951
Reference Collection
NPG D35243
Sitterback to top
- Emma (née Lyon), Lady Hamilton (Baptised 1765-1815), Mistress of Lord Nelson. Sitter in 30 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- Thomas Bragg (circa 1780-1840), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 11 portraits.
- Charles Brome (circa 1774-1801). Artist or producer associated with 3 portraits.
- George Romney (1734-1802), Portrait painter. Artist or producer associated with 166 portraits, Sitter in 5 portraits.
Related worksback to top
- NPG D35242: Emma Hamilton ('Kate') (based on same portrait)
- NPG D35244: Emma Hamilton ('Lady Hamilton as Ariadne') (based on same portrait)
Linked displays and exhibitionsback to top
- Simon Schama's Face of Britain: Fame (14 September 2015 - 4 January 2016)
Events of 1827back to top
Current affairs
Lord Liverpool suffers a stroke and is forced to resign as Prime Minister. George Canning succeeds him only to die after four months in office.Art and science
University College London, the first metropolitan university in England, is founded specifically to educate dissenters excluded from Oxford and Cambridge. Whig politician Henry Brougham, writer Thomas Campbell and financier and philanthropist Isaac Goldsmid are its principal patrons.International
Britain, France and Russia sign a treaty in London agreeing to intervene in the Greek War of Independence. Allied troops under General Edward Codrington subsequently destroy Turkish and Egyptian fleets at the Battle of Navarino.Western Australia is explored for the first time by Captain Stirling.
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