Artist
William Hamilton
William Hamilton is a British Romanticism artist. 16 works are cataloged here, principally at Victoria and Albert Museum.
William Hamilton painted actors in roles and classical scenes in oils and watercolours. He showed John Philip Kemble on stage as Richard III, draped nymphs around the sleeping Bacchus, and turned an actress into Queen Omphale. His 1796 watercolour Gleaners and the 1793 oil Edwy and Elgiva bring costume drama to paper. Step from Bacchus’s myth to the stage scene next, tap Gleaners.
Works by William Hamilton
- John Philip Kemble (1757–1823), as Richard in 'Richard III' by William Shakespeare
- Portrait of an Actress as Omphale
- Celadon and Amelia
- Alexander Masterton and His Wife and Children
Edwy and Elgiva: A Scene from Saxon History
Christ and the woman of Samaria
The Death of Arthur
Sarah Siddons (1755–1831)
Maria, Olivia and Viola from 'Twelfth Night' by William Shakespeare
Scene from <font -i>Twelfth Night</font -i>: Maria, Olivia, Viola
Sarah Siddons
Eve and the Serpent
Gleaners
Nymphs adorning the sleeping Bacchus with wreaths
Copy after William Hamilton's design for a painted panel in the Saloon of Kedleston Hall
Mrs. Siddons as Jane Shore in Rowe's 'Jane Shore'
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