Sir William Beechey

Portrait of Sir William Hamilton (1730–1803), half-length, wearing diplomatic uniform, with decorative gold frogging, holding a letter in his left hand

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Works from the Collection of Jean Hart Kislak

Sir William Beechey

Burford, Oxon 1753 - 1839 London

Portrait of Sir William Hamilton (1730–1803), half-length, wearing diplomatic uniform, with decorative gold frogging, holding a letter in his left hand

oil on canvas

unframed: 90.2 x 69.9 cm.; 35½ x 27½ in.;

framed: 109.9 x 89.9 cm.; 43¼ x 35⅜ in.;

Commissioned from the artist by Lord Nelson (1758–1805);
By whom gifted to Sir William Hamilton (1730–1803);
Possibly anonymous sale, Vienna, Österreichischer Kunstverein, 24 October 1912, lot 13 (as William Beechey, Portrait of a clean–shaven elderly Statesman);
With Walter Westfeld of Galerie Kleucker, Düsseldorf, 1938;
Private collection, Germany;
Anonymous sale ('Sold in co-operation with the heirs of Walter Westfeld'), London, Sotheby's, 5 June 2008, lot 82, for £103,250;
Where acquired by the present owner.

W. Roberts, Sir William Beechey, R.A., London 1907, pp. 78 and 269;

J. Ingamells, Mid–Georgian Portraits 1760–1790, London 2004, p. 234 reproduced;

A. Kidson, 'Romney and Emma: Reciprocal Muses', in A. Dunkelman, The Enchantress: Emma, Lady Hamilton. The Jean Kislak Collection, exh. cat., New York 2011, pp. 30–31, reproduced in colour.