Emma Hart, Lady Hamilton (c.1765 – 1815)as Nature (after George Romney)
Edward Gilbert Hester (c.1843 – St Albans 1903)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1912
Materials
Paper, wood, glass
Measurements
367 mm (H); 282 mm (W); 156 mm (H); 118 mm (W)
Place of origin
Chancery Lane
Order this imageCollection
Kingston Lacy Estate, Dorset
NT 1252019.5
Summary
Print, mezzotint, Emma Hart, Lady Hamilton (c.1765 – 1815)as Nature (after George Romney) by Edward Gilbert Hester (c.1843 – St Albans 1903). One of a set of ten mezzotint engravings.
Provenance
By descent until bequeathed by (Henry John) Ralph Bankes (1902 – 1981) to the National Trust, together with the estates of Corfe Castle and Kingston Lacy and its entire contents in 1981
Marks and inscriptions
'Lady Hamilton as Nature' / PURE MEZZOTINT / BY / E.M. HESTER / AFTER / GEORGE ROMNEY / (short line) / Edition stricktly limited to 500 signed Artist's proofs. / Plate destroyed (printed explanation - title in red and last two lines in italics - on white label, on reverse)
Makers and roles
Edward Gilbert Hester (c.1843 – St Albans 1903), engraver (printmaker) after George Romney (Dalton-in-Furness 1734 – Kendal 1802), artist of the original (painting) Schwartz's Sons and Co., publisher F. J. Dennis (fl. c. 1912 - 1916), publisher