Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings Dated (right edge, in black): NOV 15 1804
Notes The famous Emma married Sir William Hamilton (1730–1803) in 1791 and later became the lover of Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758–1805), Viscount Nelson.
Provenance Moses Lazarus, New York (until d. 1885); his daughters, Josephine and Sarah Lazarus, New York (1885–1888/95)
Exhibition History New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "European Miniatures in The Metropolitan Museum of Art," November 5, 1996–January 5, 1997, no. 227.
References Graham Reynolds with the assistance of Katharine Baetjer. European Miniatures in The Metropolitan Museum of Art . Exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 1996, pp. 10, 176, no. 227, colorpl. 227 and ill. p. 177, note that the initials EH on the back of the case support the identification of the sitter as Emma Hamilton, that the miniature was reproduced in a biography of her in 1891, that there is a photograph of it filed with portraits of her in the archives of the National Portrait Gallery, London, but that Richard Walker does not believe it depicts Emma Hamilton.
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