Elizabeth Craven, Nelson and Emma Hamilton
Emma, Lady Hamilton was a beautiful artist's model who became, because of her love affair with Admiral Nelson, one of the most celebrated women in Georgian England. Emma Hamilton painted by George Romney. Elizabeth Craven was also famous, or perhaps one should say notorious, for her love affairs, in the same period, and although they came from vastly different social backgrounds, their paths did cross and they had quite a few friends and acquaintances in common. Emma painted by Romney again. The luscious Emma was painted by Romney many times, as he could sell the pictures to collectors who wanted to contemplate her classical beauty, often arrayed in some mythological or theatrical costume. Elizabeth Craven was also painted by Romney, and this oval portrait is dated 1778. Craven moved in the upper echelons of society then found herself relegated to its periphery when she transgressed its codes of behaviour. Emma, whose original name was Amy Lyon, came fr...