Comments on: Emma Hart, Lady Hamilton by George Romney https://nonahyytinen.com/emma-hart-lady-hamilton-by-george-romney/ Sun, 06 Mar 2016 22:09:28 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.3 By: Jesse Hellman https://nonahyytinen.com/emma-hart-lady-hamilton-by-george-romney/comment-page-1/#comment-1957 Sun, 06 Mar 2016 22:09:28 +0000 http://nonahyytinen.com/?p=4240#comment-1957 Thank you for posting these pictures. And yes, your commentary is excellent. Emma Hamilton learned French, Italian, to play the harp and harpsichord, invented a form of pantomime she called her Attitudes, devised clothing for them that influenced Empire fashion, was offered a contract to sing at the Royal Opera in Madrid, and, if all of this was not enough, influenced Maria Carolina, the queen of Naples, to allow Nelson to have his ships supplied in Sicily despite a treaty with France. Nelson was thus able to win the Battle of the Nile giving England control of the Mediterranean, ultimately the ability to defeat Napoleon, and become the ruler of the waves.

The silent film The Divine Lady (1929) with Corrine Griffith is absolutely terrific, a must-see (Romney called her Divine Lady). That Hamilton Woman with Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh is also a great film.

]]> By: Peter Michel https://nonahyytinen.com/emma-hart-lady-hamilton-by-george-romney/comment-page-1/#comment-1925 Fri, 27 Feb 2015 12:33:50 +0000 http://nonahyytinen.com/?p=4240#comment-1925 Nona,

Your commentary is excellent. I am reading ENGLAND’s MISTRESS -The Infamous Life of Emma Hamilton by Kate Williams. I highly recommend it.

Peter

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