Overview
Sir William Hamilton, vulcanologist and envoy to the British Embassy in Naples, amassed an invaluable collection of ancient Greek vases, which he sold to the British Museum in 1772. He commissioned Pierre-Francois Hugues d'Hancarville to document the pieces before they were shipped to London: the result was a neoclassical masterpiece,...
- | By (Author): Madeleine Huwiler, Sebastian Schutze (Author)
- | Publisher: Taschen GmbH
- | Publication Date: Jul 04, 2022
- | Country of Publication: Germany
- | Number of Pages: 514 pages
- | Language: NULL
- | Binding: Hardback
- | ISBN-10: 3836587637
- | ISBN-13: 9783836587631