Autograph letter signed : to Sir William Hamilton at Naples, 1768 Dec. 27.

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Autograph letter signed : to Sir William Hamilton at Naples, 1768 Dec. 27.

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Concerning a commission he has executed for Sir William, with references to mutual friends, art matters, etc.

1 item (4 p.) ; (8vo)

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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Hamilton, William, Sir, 1730-1803

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Sir William Hamilton was a British diplomat, ambassador to Naples (1764-1800), and an archaeologist. His wife, Emma, was the mistress of Admiral Horatio Nelson. Hamilton acquired a collection of antiquities from Pompeii, which he sold to the British Museum in 1772, thereby stimulating wide interest in the art and culture of classical civilizations. He published several works based on archaeological pursuits, including Antiquités étrusques, greques et romains (1766-67) and Mount Vesuvius (1772)...

Worsley, Thomas, 1710-1778.

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