Lot 75: ATTRIBUTED TO GUSTAVUS HAMILTON (IRISH, 1739-1775)

ATTRIBUTED TO GUSTAVUS HAMILTON (IRISH, 1739-1775)
Self-portrait if the artist, bust-length, in a grey jacket with a white lace jabot
pastel on paper laid down on canvas
21½ x 15¾ in. (54.6 x 40 cm.)

Walter George Strickland, 'A Dictionary of Irish Artists', Ireland, 1969, plate XXIX, p.426.

Mrs. Mallett, St. Helena, Finglas, Co. Dublin, Ireland.

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Gustavus Hamilton was primarily a miniaturist, but studied under Robert West in the drawing school in George's Lane before becoming a colourist for Samuel Dixon's basso rilievo prints of birds and flowers.
He contributed miniatures to the Society of Artists in Dublin from 1765 to 1773.