Hamilton, Hugh Douglas (1740 – 1808) – Portrait of a Woman in a Bonnet.

Hamilton, Hugh Douglas (1740 - 1808)
Portrait of a Woman in a Bonnet. Pastels. c.1780. Literature: Neil Jeffares, 'Dictionary of Pastelists', J.375.216. 9.5x8 inches. Framed: 14x12.5 inches.

£6,750

We do not know who the sitter is in this sympathetic portrait, but she is a fashionable young woman, wearing a bonnet extravagantly dressed in ribbons. The drawing is a typical example of Hamilton's technique; a combination of softly used coloured pastels and sharp linear work made in black chalk or charcoal. His sparing use of colour here brings the work together into a gentle key and concentrates the viewer on the woman's features, picked out with reds, and her eyes, just covered by the shadow cast by her bonnet.

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This work appears in the Exhibition: BRITISH WORKS ON PAPER 2025