File:Emma Hamilton By Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun.jpg
Sir William Hamilton commissioned it.
Both Hamilton and Nelson greatly admired this portrait.
Nelson wrote to Emma on hearing the painting was up for sale: “My dearest friend you are on SALE: I am almost mad to think of the iniquity.” Nelson paid £300 for it, and from then it hung over his bed for the rest of his life.
Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun
(1755–1842) |
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Alternative names |
Marie Louise Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun; Vigée-Le Brun; Élisabeth-Louise Vigée-Le Brun | ||
Description | French portrait painter | ||
Date of birth/death | 16 April 1755 | 30 March 1842 | |
Location of birth/death | Paris | Paris | |
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