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Lady Hamilton as Circe
I must sin and love him more than ever.
It is a crime worth going to Hell for.
E MMA H AMILTON ON N ELSON , 1804
Text art
Lady Hamilton as Circe, by George Romney, c. 1782, copyright Tate, London
Waltzing!or, a Peep into the Royal Brothel, Spring Gardens, by Isaac Cruikshank, c. 1816, copyright Guildhall/Heritage-Images
The Honourable Charles Greville, William Hayley, George Romney and Emma Hart, by George Romney c. 1784, copyright The Trustees of The British Museum
Lady Hamilton as a Bacchante, engraving by Charles Knight after George Romney's copy, 1797, copyright The Trustees of The British Museum
Attitudes of Lady Hamilton, by Pietro Antonio Novelli, 1791, copyright National Gallery of Art, Washington, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Dress FlounceNelson Bronte, c. 1799, copyright National Maritime Museum, London
A Mansion House Treator, Smoking Attitudes!, by Isaac Cruikshank, 1800, copyright The Trustees of The British Museum
A Cognocenti Contemplating the Beauties of the Antique, by James Gillray published by Hannah Humphrey, February 11, 1801, copyright National Portrait Gallery, London
LAssemble Nationaleor, Grand Co-operative Meeting at St Ann's Hill, by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey, June 18, 1804, copyright The Trustees of The British Museum
First color insert
Emma Hart as Circe, by George Romney, 1782, copyright The National Trust, Waddesdon, The Rothschild Collection (Rothschild Family Trust), photographer: Mike Fear
Cupid Unfastening the Girdle of Venus, by Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1788, copyright Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia/The Bridgeman Art Library
Mrs. Cadogan (Mother of Emma, Lady Hamilton), by Norsti, c. 1800, copyright Royal Naval Museum
Portrait of the Hon. Charles Francis Greville, by George Romney Private Collection, copyright Christie's Images/The Bridgeman Art Library
Emma Hart as the Spinstress, by George Romney, 1782-86, copyright English Heritage Photo Library/Kenwood: Iveagh Bequest
Lady Hamilton as Nature, by George Romney, 1782, copyright Francis G. Mayer/Corbis
A View of the Bay of Naples, Looking Southwest from the Pizzofalcone Towards Capo di Posilippo, by Giovanni Battista Lusieri, 1791 (watercolor, gouache, graphite, and pen and ink on six sheets of paper), copyright The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Sir William Hamilton, by David Allan, 1775, copyright The National Portrait Gallery, London
Emma Hamilton as a Bacchante, by Elisabeth Vige-Lebrun, c. 1790-92, copyright Lady Lever Art Gallery, National Museums Liverpool
Le Signorine Napoletane, or Una Casa di Tolleranza nella Napoli del 1945, by Mario Carbone, copyright Archivio Carbone/Prima Pagina
Lady Hamilton as a Bacchante, engraving by Henry Bone after Elisabeth Vige-Lebrun's copy, c. 1803, copyright Wallace Collection, London/The Bridgeman Art Library
Autograph letter of Lady Hamilton, 1798, copyright British Library
Detail from Portrait of the Family of Ferdinand IV, by Angelica Kauffmann, 1783, copyright Museo di Capodimonte, Naples/Scala Archives
Rear-Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson, by Lemuel Francis Abbott, c. 1798, copyright National Maritime Museum, London/Greenwich Hospital Collection
Second color insert
Admiral Nelson Re-creating with His Brave Tars After the Glorious Battle of the Nile, by Thomas Rowlandson, c. 1800, copyright National Maritime Museum, London
Frances, Lady Nelson, by Henry Edridge, c. 1807, copyright Royal Naval Museum
Modern Antiques, by Thomas Rowlandson, 1806, copyright The Trustees of The British Museum
Dido in Despair, by James Gillray published by Hannah Humphrey, February 6, 1801, copyright National Portrait Gallery, London
Commemorative silver pair-cased verge pocket watch, copyright Christie's Images Ltd., 2005
Derby large cylindrical mug showing Britannia holding a picture of Nelson, copyright Sotheby's, London
Fan celebrating the Battle of the Nile, 1798, copyright National Maritime Museum, London
Dresses a la Nile Respectfully Dedicated to the Fashion Mongers of the Day, published anon, by W Holland, October 24, 1798, copyright National Maritime Museum, London
Baron Nelson of the Nile ribbon, copyright National Maritime Museum, London
Six patch boxes and anchor necklace, copyright National Maritime Museum, London
Three gold vinaigrettes, copyright National Maritime Museum, London
Merton Place, Surrey, copyright The Nelson Museum, Monmouth
Horatia Nelson, after Henry Bone, c. 1806, copyright National Maritime Museum, London
Silk picture in a frame, embroidery by Emma Hamilton, copyright National Maritime Museum, London
The Death of Admiral Lord Nelsonin the Moment of Victory, by James Gillray published by Hannah Humphrey, December 29, 1805, copyright National Maritime Museum, London Moral Maxims from the Wisdom of Jesus, book inscribed by Emma Hamilton in 1809, copyright Sotheby's, London
Lady Hamilton at Prayer, by George Romney c. 1782-86, copyright English Heritage Photo Library/Kenwood: Iveagh Bequest
Kings Bench Prison in London, depicted by Thomas Rowlandson and Augustus Charles Pugin, aquatinted by Joseph Constantine Stadler, published by Rudolph Ackermann on December 1, 1808, copyright National Portrait Gallery, London
Model, courtesan, dancer, fashion icon, actress, double agent, political hostess, mother, ambassadress, and hero's mistress, Emma Hamilton performed many roles in her astonishing rise from poverty to wealth and fame. None would have greater consequence for her than the part she played in Naples on July 19, 1798. She had joined the welcome party for Rear Admiral Horatio Nelson as his fleet anchored off the Bay of Naples. Nelson had come to protect Naples from the advancing French, and the Neapolitans were determined to give him a welcome fit for a hero. Rehearsals had been going on for weeks, but no one had been practicing as carefully as Emma Hamilton. Ravishingly beautiful and still only thirty-three, she realized that Nelson's arrival was a pivotal moment for her.
Her life would never be the same again.
Five years earlier, on Nelson's first visit to the city, Emma had hardly noticed the unprepossessing naval captain. By 1798, however, after his amazing success at the Battle of the Nile made him the one man who seemed able to save Europe from Napoleon, she saw his arrival as an opportunity to propel herself onto a bigger stage. Nelson was exhausted after weeks of fighting the French and in pain from his shot eye and the wound where his right arm had been amputated. As soon as the great man boarded the welcome boat, Emma threw herself upon him, weeping with happiness. To the sounds of cheers and cannon fire resounding across the bay, she gathered Nelson into her arms and, leaving the astonished royal entourage and her husband, Sir William Hamilton, in her wake, supported the triumphant but exhausted hero into the ship's cabin. The man fted as England's bravest man had collapsed onto the bosom of Europe's biggest female celebrity. Emma Hamilton was already legendary as the girl from nowhere who had catapulted herself into high society. Her consummate piece of stage management on that July day marked the start of her passionate affair with Nelsonand the beginning of her ascent to a level of fame we would find breathtaking even today.
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