Hugh Douglas Hamilton
Hugh Douglas Hamilton | |
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Self-portrait, c. 1785–1790 | |
| Born | c. 1739 Dublin, Ireland |
| Died | 10 February 1808 (aged 67–68) Dublin, Ireland |
Hugh Douglas Hamilton RHA (c. 1739 – 10 February 1808) was an Irish portrait-painter. He spent considerable periods in London and Rome before returning to Dublin in the early 1790s. Until the mid-1770s, he worked mostly in pastel. His style influenced the English painter Lewis Vaslet (1742–1808).