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Hugh Douglas Hamilton

Irish1740–1808

Portrait of Hugh Douglas Hamilton

About

Hugh Douglas Hamilton RHA was an Irish painter who specialised in portrait painting. He spent considerable periods in London and Rome before returning to Dublin in the early 1790s. Until the mid-1770s, he worked mostly in pastel. His style influenced the English painter Lewis Vaslet (1742–1808).

Notable works

Works in the collection

19 works

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