Name: WILLIAM HAMILTON, R.A. (LONDON 1751-1801)
Brand: Dalton Hall, near Beverly, Yorkshire
Price: 3200.00 GBP
Availability: OutOfStock

WILLIAM HAMILTON, R.A. (LONDON 1751-1801)
Dalton Hall, near Beverly, Yorkshire
signed and dated 'W^mHamilton RA Delin 1791' (on a fragment of the original mount attached to the backboard)
pencil, pen and grey ink and watercolour with scratching out on paper
17⁷⁄₈ x 25¹⁄₄ in. (45.5 x 64 cm.)

Henry Potts, from whom purchased by the present owner, 2007.

London, Martyn Gregory, An Exhibition of British Watercolours and Drawings 1730-1870, cat. 89, 10-25 May 2012, no. 39.

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Lot Essay

Born in Chelsea, the versatile William Hamilton was sent to Italy as a young man by the architect Robert Adam; on his return he studied at the Royal Academy Schools, and began to exhibit at the Royal Academy in 1774. Proficient in both oil and watercolour, he made a speciality of scenes from history and literature, and portraits of actors and actresses. The house depicted here was completed for Sir Charles Hotham in the 1770s; Sir Charles had a close interest in the theatre which is probably how he came across Hamilton.