Vintage Print Sir William Hamilton Classical Greek Vases Penn Prints New York

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Vintage Print Sir William Hamilton Classical Greek Vases Penn Prints New York:
$45.00

Vintage print from Sir William Hamilton\'s collection of vases. Made by Penn Prints New York. In bright orange and black. Showsdancing figures within a Greekkeyborder. Measures 13\" x 11\". Good condition. Please view our other sales for more prints from this collection.

Sir William Hamilton\'s Collection of Engravings of Antique Vases

These magnificent engravings are from the work entitled Sir William Hamilton\'s Collection of Engravings of Antique Vases. Hamilton was an ambassador from Great Britain to the Kingdom of Naples when that city was enjoying its Golden Age. During his time as ambassador, there were extensive excavations in Herculaneum, Pompeii, and other parts of southern Italy which were formerly occupied by Greeks. Hamilton, a lover of art took the opportunity to grow his collection of antique vases.

Hamilton bought the Porcinari collection, a noted collection of Greek vases, and had them drawn and engraved by Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein before reselling them to the British Museum in London. The first four volumes of Tischbein\'s magnificent engravings were published in the late 1700s.

Many of these prints are based on Greek Mythology and feature various subjects including horses and chariots, nudes, pottery, soldiers, weapons, royalty, and mythical animals.