Sir William Hamilton (1730-1803) was ambassador of Great Britain to the Kingdom of Naples, just at a time when the city of Naples experienced its "Golden Age". He was fascinated with excavations found in abundance in Herculaneum and Pompei and in formerly Greek-occupied southern Italy. He soon started collecting objects of all kinds from the ancient past, most of all Greek vases. He bought an important collection of Greek vases (the Porcinari collection) which he had drawn and engraved before he sold them to the British Museum in London. Between 1791 and 1795 four volumes of the "Vases", drawn and engraved by Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein (1751-1829), were published under the name of "Sir William Hamilton's collection of engravings from antique vases".
The here offered copper etchings in their attractive silver lined terracotta and black appearance stem from this publication:
All images have individual sizes given below. They were printed on very strong paper. Slight differences in general toning of marginal paper and minor creasing in margins. Some edges show wear. Minor spotting on white backgrounds. The width of margins is variable.
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Image with border: 28.2 x 28.2 cm ( 11.1 x 11.1 ") $ 580.00 Order Nr. HAMILTON 4080 |
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Image with border: 26.2 x 35 cm
( 10.3 x 13.7 ") $ 620.00 Order Nr. HAMILTON 4077 |
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Image size: 22.5 x 31.2 cm ( 8.8 x 12.2 ") $ 680.00 Order Nr. HAMILTON238790 |
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22.5 x 29 cm ( 8.8 x 11.4 ") $ 580.00 Order Nr. HAMILTON 4066 |
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Image size with border: 36 x 36 cm ( 14.1 x 14.1 ") Signs of age and use in margins. $ 720.00 Order Nr. HAMILTON238791 |
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Image with border: 36.5 x 58.5 cm (14.3 x 23 ") $ 720.00 Order Nr. HAMILTON4090 |
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Image with border: 32.5 x 56.5 cm ( 12.7 x 22.2 ") $ 720.00 Order Nr. HAMILTON4089 |
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Image with border: 33 x 44 cm
(12.9 x 17.3 " $ 820.00 Order Nr. HAMILTON239000 |
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Image with border: 23.5 x 32 cm ( 9.2 x 12.5 ") $ 480.00 Order Nr. HAMILTON4087 |
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Image with border: 29.5 x 41 cm ( 11.6 x 16.1") $ 520.00 Order Nr. HAMILTON4084 |
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Image with border: 26.5 x 34.5
cm ( 10.4 x 13.5 ") $580.00 Order Nr. HAMILTON 4079 |
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Image with border: 29 x 36.5 cm ( 11.4 x 14.3 ") Side margins are narrow. $450.00 Order Nr. HAMILTON 4093 |
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Image with border:30.5 x 27 cm ( 12 x 10.6 ) $580.00 Order Nr. HAMILTON 4079 |
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Image with border: 31 x 43 cm (
12.2 x 16.9 ") $580.00 Order Nr. HAMILTON 4079 |
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Image with border: 26.5 x 42.5 cm ( 10.4 x 16.7 ") $ 750.00 Order Nr. HAMILTON 4081 |
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Image with border: 25.2 x 32 cm ( 9.9 x 12.5 ") $ 580.00 Order Nr. HAMILTON 4082 |
15.4 x 23.8 cm ( 6.1 x 9.4")
$ 450.00
Order Nr. HAMILTON 4016
These two figures, well composed and full of spririt, represent a faun and a Bacchante dancing. It is to be remarked that although many of the subjects on these vases are evidently historical, most of them have at the same time some remblem, or depiction, relating to Bacchus.
