Portrait of Sir William Hamilton
Date
1817
Sitter
William Hamilton (1730 - 1803, British) , Volcanologist
Creator
William Thomas Fry (1789 - 1843, British) , Engraver
After
Charles Grignion II (1754 - 1804, British) , Draughtsman
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Description
Half-length portrait of William Hamilton in semi-profile with his head turned slightly to the right. He wears a dark jacket and a white shirt and is depicted with neat, white hair. He is framed in a rough oval with shadows behind.
Inscribed below: ‘SIR WILLIAM HAMILTON, K.B.F.R.S./Engraved by W.T.Fry, from an original Drawing made at Naples,/by C. Grignon./PUBLISHED MARCH 27.1817, BY T.CADELL & W.DAVIES, STRAND, LONDON.’
William Hamilton (1730-1803), British diplomat, archaeologist and volcanologist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1766 on the merit of his volcanic observations. He received the Copley Medal in 1770 for his 'Account of a Journey to Mount Etna'.
Inscribed below: ‘SIR WILLIAM HAMILTON, K.B.F.R.S./Engraved by W.T.Fry, from an original Drawing made at Naples,/by C. Grignon./PUBLISHED MARCH 27.1817, BY T.CADELL & W.DAVIES, STRAND, LONDON.’
William Hamilton (1730-1803), British diplomat, archaeologist and volcanologist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1766 on the merit of his volcanic observations. He received the Copley Medal in 1770 for his 'Account of a Journey to Mount Etna'.