• The Hamilton Vase: Colour plate of youth in a temple, stele and eight youths

Creator:

• Sir William Hamilton (1730-1803)

Description:

• Etching with hand coloring and highlights in white lead From Collection Of Etruscan, Greek, And Roman Antiquities From The Cabinet Of The Honble. Wm. Hamilton His Britannick Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary At The Court Of Naples / Antiquités Etrusques, Grecques et Romaines, tirées du Cabinet du M. Hamilton. Naples: 1766-7 [1767-1776]

Curatorial Notes:

• Sir William Hamilton, British Plenipotentiary to the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, lived in Naples for 36 years. Excavations at nearby Pompeii provided opportunities for collecting prized red and black Greek vases. Before selling to the British Museum in 1772, Hamilton published a fourvolume, hand-colored illustrated catalog. Here on one page are scenes on the Hamilton Vase (ca. 320 BCE), depicting youths in a temple at left and votives gathered around a funerary stele at right.

Photography:

• Princeton University Library Digital Imaging Studio

Identifier:

• ark:/88435/6d570299f

Edm rights:

• No Known Copyright