Angelica Kauffman RA, Portrait of Emma, Lady Hamilton, as Muse of Comedy (detail)

Video: Bridgerton's Adjoa Andoh on 18th-century star Emma, Lady Hamilton

Published on 7 May 2024

Watch Adjoa Andoh, Bridgerton's Lady Danbury uncover the story behind Angelica Kauffman's muse Emma, Lady Hamilton.

Kindred spirits

The most remarkable and pioneering of Kauffman’s later portraits are those she painted of herself and of female friends and fellow creatives.

Here Kauffman portrays her friend Emma Hart, Lady Hamilton, who was well known for performing a series of ‘'attitudes’' imitating the poses of Classical figures.

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Angelica Kauffman, Self-portrait of the Artist hesitating between the Arts of Music and Painting

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