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EMMA, LADY HAMILTON (1761?-1815) Nelson and Emma Hamilton at Merton. An early 19th century appliqué wool and silkwork picture
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EMMA, LADY HAMILTON (1761?-1815) Nelson and Emma Hamilton at Merton. An early 19th century appliqué wool and silkwork picture

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EMMA, LADY HAMILTON (1761?-1815)

Nelson and Emma Hamilton at Merton. An early 19th century appliqué wool and silkwork picture
the couple depicted with linked arms walking in the gardens of Merton, climbing flowers behind, with watercoloured collage faces and hands -- 13½ x 12in. (34.5 x 30.5cm.) Framed and glazed
Literature
Lily Lambert McCarthy Collection: Remembering Nelson,, Royal Navy Museum Portsmouth, 1995, p.70, pl.44
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Lot Essay

Another version of this needlework picture, based on an illustration in the 1794 edition of Laurence Sterne's A Sentimental Journey showing the characters of Maria and Yorick, is included in the exhibition catalogue Nelson and Napoléon, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, 2005, p.184, no. 207. This exhibited version from the Nelson-Ward collection, National Maritime Museum, is traditionally thought to have been worked by Emma.

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