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W. R. Hamilton

fl. 1843–1857

Collector and donor, active 1843–1857. Gave to British Museum.

Life and work

  1. 1843–1857
    Owner of the high relief of Aphrodite Parakyptusa from Salamis in Cyprus, recorded 'im Besitz R. W. Hamilton's' in the Archäologische Zeitung (1843, 1857); he corresponded with Gerhard about it.

    Gerhard, Eduard, 1795-1867, [from old catalog] ed; Curtius, Ernst, 1814-1896, [from old catalog] ed; Fränkel, Max, 1846-1903, [from old catalog] ed, Archäologische Zeitung (1857)

  2. 1845–1857
    Former secretary of Lord Elgin who gave a sepulchral relief from Tarentum to the British Museum in 1845 and wrote from London in 1857 about the Aphrodite head linked to Salamis in Cyprus, reporting Canova's view of it.

    Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies (London, England), The journal of Hellenic studies (1880)

  3. 1857
    Owned a high relief of Aphrodite from Salamis in Cyprus (the 'Parakyptusa'), published by Welcker in 1857.

    Zeitschrift für die Alterthumswissenschaft (1857)

  4. 1857
    Wrote from London on 27 February (1857 announcement) identifying the Salamis Aphrodite head and reporting Canova's view; Hamilton also gave the Perseus interpretation based on a Hunter coin.

    Welcker, Friedrich Gottlieb, 1784-1868, Alte denkmäler erklärt (1849)

  5. Undated
    Owned relief of Aphrodite (Parakyptusa / Prospiciens) from Salamis in Cyprus

    Archäologische Zeitung (1857)

  6. Undated
    Owned relief of Aphrodite (Parakyptusa, Prospiciens) from Salamis in Cyprus

    Archäologische Zeitung (1843)

  7. Undated
    Wrote from London on 27 February to the editor of the Archäologische Zeitung, supplying an account of the Aphrodite head and Canova's view that it depicts Perseus; the head is linked to Salamis in Cyprus.

    Welcker, Friedrich Gottlieb, 1784-1868, Alte Denkmäler (1849)

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Sources

  1. 1.Zeitschrift für die Alterthumswissenschaft (1857).
  2. 2.Gerhard, Eduard, 1795-1867, [from old catalog] ed; Curtius, Ernst, 1814-1896, [from old catalog] ed; Fränkel, Max, 1846-1903, [from old catalog] ed, Archäologische Zeitung (1857).
  3. 3.Archäologische Zeitung (1857).
  4. 4.Archäologische Zeitung (1843).
  5. 5.Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies (London, England), The journal of Hellenic studies (1880).
  6. 6.Welcker, Friedrich Gottlieb, 1784-1868, Alte Denkmäler (1849).
  7. 7.Welcker, Friedrich Gottlieb, 1784-1868, Alte denkmäler erklärt (1849).

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