Still just 16, she was introduced by Greville
to the painter George Romney and due to her theatrical flair and beauty
became his greatest inspiration. He would begin more than 60 paintings
of her in the years that followed, and these images made her famous
Emma was becoming one of the most painted
women of her time. She remained devoted to Greville but he, however,
wanted to marry a rich heiress and his beautiful young mistress had
become an obstacle to this ambition. Thinking it no more than a holiday,
Emma and her mother were sent to Naples to stay with the recently
widowed Sir William Hamilton.
After some weeks in Naples without news from Greville, Emma was
devastated when she eventually learned that he had no intention of
joining her and instead wanted her to be mistress to the much older
Hamilton.
As distressed as she would have been at this revelation, in
time she found ways to turn this predicament and her new surroundings to
her advantage. Once again, circumstances and her own determination
would take her story in a new direction.
[ http://www.rmg.co.uk/discover/explore/emma-hamilton#SQyGZMVI1LvI9bpy.99]
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