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Buchanan, William
Memoirs of painting: with a chronological history of the importation of pictures by the great masters into England since the French Revolution (Band 2) — London: Ackermann, 1824

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74.

THE HAMILTON COLLECTION.

or works of a second-rate class only, could be
procured.
Sir William Hamilton, it is well known, resided
for many years at Naples, as British resident at
that court, and he certainly had superior ad-
vantages of possessing whatever might be acquired
at that period, when opportunities did present
themselves. From his researches at Herculaneum
he formed one of the most superb collections of
Etruscan vases which has been brought to this
country, which were afterwards purchased by
Thomas Hope, Esq., through whose liberality
they are now generally known to every lover of
antiquity and of virtu; and he likewise collected
a few fine antique marbles, which were trans-
mitted to this country.
As the collection of Sir William Hamilton
contained many inferior pictures, a recital of
which would only tend to fill these pages, without
being of any real utility to the amateur as objects
to which reference is likely to be had; the last
twenty-five articles only in the catalogue are
here given, with the prices at which they sold in
public sale, and the purchasers’ names as affixed
to each article in the marked catalogue.
 
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