Autumn Nutting
1771 · Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown and gray wash, over graphite, on ivory wove paper, tipped onto cream wove paper
16.8 × 11.2 cm (6 5/8 × 4 7/16 in.)
Art Institute of Chicago
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William Hamilton
?–1801
Palo Alto, CA, USA
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William Hamilton was a British painter who produced large-scale narrative compositions in oil drawn from classical antiquity, Shakespeare, and contemporary literature. Working within the Royal Academy tradition, he specialized in history painting, a genre that demanded both academic rigor and mythological erudition. His ambitious canvases exemplified the hierarchy of subjects that defined eighteenth-century artistic prestige.
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