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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 426038, member: 5833&quot;]Forget Nelson.&nbsp; A tie to Emma Hamilton!&nbsp; I beyond like your post.&nbsp; I&#039;m always running into painting of Emma Hamilton as this, the or the other Greek goddess.&nbsp; Her husband, William Hamilton, has many connections to the world of engraved gems &amp; is the one who brought the Barberini, now Portland, vase to England.&nbsp; I have spent a lot of time chewing over the imagery on it.&nbsp; (And am in the extreme minority camp who believe one side is Orpheus &amp; Eurydice and that whole thing is a Renaissance fraud.)</p><p><br /></p><p>These are plaster impressions of engraved gems from the Tassie collection.&nbsp; Guy on the right is Hamilton, with the vase in the field behind him.&nbsp; Guy on the left is D&#039;Hancarville, who led him to it.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]149030[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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