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1804 · 29161 — London: William Miller 1804. A single plate drawn and engraved by Mr. Kirk. The black and white rectangular engraving on a horizontal page shows a female figure robed and playing a flute facing toward a male bearded figure holding torches in each of his hands and wearing leaves in his hair. The image is bordered in a decorated rectangular frame and is labeled P1.8 Image roughly 3.5 x 2.5 inches printed on a single sheet measuring 9 by 9 now presented in a slate gray mounting board behind clear mylar. A very fine plate in an excellent state of preservation. A BEAUTIFUL AND IMPRESSIVE PLATE FROM A MASTERPIECE OF CLASSIC ART RENDERINGS AND PUBLICATION. Hamilton served as British envoy to the court of Naples where he began collecting Greek vases and other antiquities immediately upon arriving at his post. In 1766–67 he published a volume of engravings of his collection entitled A Collection of Etruscan Greek and Roman antiquities from the cabinet of the Honble. Wm. Hamilton. A further three volumes were produced in 1769–76. Josiah Wedgwood the potter and porcelain maker drew great inspiration from the reproductions presented in Hamilton's volumes.<br> William Miller unknown