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Oil Painting by William Arthur Breakspeare Depicting Nelson & Lady Emma Hamilton

Offered by: Wick Antiques LTD

Description
A Fine Genre Oil Painting by William Arthur Breakspeare Depicting the Fictional Meeting of Nelson and Lady Emma Hamilton in the Studio of the Painter George Romney, 1883. This painting shows Emma, Lady Hamilton, seated for her portrait wearing a full pink skirt under a tightly fitted blue jacket trimmed with pink ribbons and draped in a matching filmy blue shawl. Her face, under a large black hat, is turned away from Romney as she gazes up at Lord Nelson, who stands by her. The artist Romney waits patiently in the background with his brush poised in front of his canvas. Signed …… Oil on canvas, within the original gilt frame. English, 1883.

Provenance: The Samuel Aronoff Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio

A private American collection

Published: Nelson: An Illustrated History. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, 1995. Chapter 6. Stephen Deucher, The Immortal Memory, p. 160.

The Pursuit of Victory: The Life and Achievements of Horatio Nelson. Roger King,

London, 2005, p.544.

More Information

Origin:	England
Period:	19th Century
Condition:	Good.
Creation Date:	1883
Styles / Movements:	Other
Incollect Reference #:	623253

Dimensions

W.	36 in;	H.	46 in;
W.	91.44 cm;	H.	116.84 cm;

Message from Seller:

Wick Antiques was established by Charles Wallrock in the early 1980s. Having grown up in the Antiques world Charles developed an extensive wealth of knowledge. Starting out as a ‘man with a van’ he quickly gained a good reputation and embarked on a longstanding relationship with Harrods. He was later joined by his wife, Caroline Wallrock. Caroline having completed a Persian degree, went on to study at Christie’s fine art and then joined Sotheby’s specializing in Islamic and Japanese works of art