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Hugh Douglas Hamilton
c. 1739-1808 Ireland/Pastellist-Portraitist
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Brief Biography-Hugh Douglas Hamilton was born in Dublin, Ireland, circa 1739. He studied at the Dublin Society of Artists in 1750. Hamilton excelled in crayon painting. In 1764 he went to London for financial reasons and, through the patronage of the young Earl of Carlisle, became a success painting notable clientele. At the London Free Society of Artists, Hamilton exhibited and charged nine guineas per portrait, most of which were oval-shaped in crayon. After accumulating enough money, he set out for Italy with his daughter; his wife was considered deceased. Gentlemen on their Grand Tours were quick to avail of his services which led to more success using oils in Italy. In 1791, he returned to Dublin and focused mainly on whole-length portraits and historical works. Hamilton retired in 1804 for health reasons and, in his last four years, studied chemistry.
His daughter was also a painter and put touches on his unfinished works. His most notable painting is "Canova and Tresham Studying Canova's Cupid and Psyche." |
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Canova and
Tresham
Studying-

A Young
Gentleman

Sir Rowland
and Lady Winn

Colonel St
George

The Fifth Earl
of Guilford

Lady Hamilton
as Three Muses

Frederick Augustus
Hervy

Cupid and
Psyche

Anna Helena
Trench

Arthur
Wolfe

Michael
F Trench

Charles
E Stuart

Henry Benedict
Duke of York

Charlotte Duchess
of Albany

John Fitzgibbon
Earl of Clare

John Philpot
Curran

Lt Richard Mansergh
Saint George

Lord Edward
Fitzgerald

Richard Lovell
Edgeworth

Sir Michael Smith
First Baronet

Right Hon David La
Touche of Marlay

William Cusack
Smith

Sir James
Graham

The Grey
Children

Charles
James Fox

Reverend
Frederick Trench

Walter Hussey
Burgh

William Power
Keating Trench

Mrs Mary Hancock
Temple

Lady Louisa
Ponsonby

Mrs Dorothy
Richardson

Mrs Mary
Stewart

The Honorable Mrs
John Beresford

Francis Rawdon
Hastings

John Foster
Speaker-

Lord Edward
Fitzgerald
