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Emma, Lady Hamilton's Attitudes, Plate III 1794
Engraving and etching on ochre prepared paper | 26.3 x 20.1 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 655736
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A print of Lady Hamilton, in one of her famous 'attitudes'. She is shown seated in a chair, resting her head on her hands. Emma, Lady Hamilton, performed her classically-inspired 'attitudes' from 1787 to audiences of invited guests in Naples, where her husband Sir William was British Envoy. In 1794, the attitudes were the subject of a set of engravings by Tommaso Piroli, here printed on ochre prepared paper to echo the Greek vase paintings on which Lady Hamilton based her act. This print is one of a set of twelve plates produced by Piroli after Friedrich Rehberg.
Provenance
Purchased by George IV when Prince Regent from Colnaghi and Co, 15 April 1816 (Royal Archives, GEO/MAIN/28093)
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Medium and techniques
Engraving and etching on ochre prepared paper
Measurements
26.3 x 20.1 cm (sheet of paper)
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Emma, Lady Hamilton's Attitudes, Plate III