Paintings

Emma Hart, later Lady Hamilton, in a White Turban

Type: Paintings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1791
Accession number: 26.109
Maker: George Romney(Opens in new tab) (British, 1734–1802)
Sitter: Sitter: Emma Hart, later Lady Hamilton(Opens in new tab) (British, 1765–1815)
Dimensions: canvas: 32 × 25 3/4 in. (81.3 × 65.4 cm.) frame: 43 × 36 3/4 × 5 in. (109.2 × 93.3 × 12.7 cm.)
Medium: oil on canvas
Description: Seated half-length on a dark-brownish background, the sitter wears a low short-sleeved dress with a broad, pink sash and a white turban, with falling ends. Her left arm lies below her waist, the hand, holding a locket, touches her breast.
Credit: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Department: European Art
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