From Sir William Hamilton's Collection
- Etching
- 10.687 x 8.25 in
- James Gillray
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In Storage
James Gillray
From Sir William Hamilton's Collection
Publisher: Hannah Humphrey
Hand-colored etching
Collection of the John and Geraldine Lilley Museum of Art
Item description: This caricature of Admiral Horatio Nelson gives the subject a vase-shaped body and shows him from behind, standing upon a chipped base inscribed: 'D AM•N•Q V•I•Σ•Σ•Ω•N'. His wig has been turned into the lid. The image was once thought to represent William Hamilton but recent scholarship has convincingly established that it actually shows Nelson, who was a close friend of Hamilton's and became the lover of the latter's wife, Lady Emma Hamilton.
- Created: May 08, 1801
- Inventory Number: 2014.1.60
- Collections: Caricatures, Prints