4 Scottljh artists, — G. Hmnilton.. July loi 



to Britain ; but I know of only tiiree of them which 

 have reached Scotland. One of these, the parting 

 of Hector and Andromache, is in the pofsefsion 

 of the duke of Hamilton ; another represents the 

 death of Lucretia, in the collection of the earl of 

 Hopeton, and is deemed by all judges a most 

 capital performance ; and the third is in the 

 house of Mrs Scot in the neighbourhood of this 

 city. It represents Achilles dragging the bo- 

 dy of Hector round the walls of Troy. This 

 sublime picture, which if not the cbef d''auvre of 

 Mr Hamilton, would alone have been sufficient td 

 have transmitted his name to posterity as one of 

 the greatest artists, was painted for the duke of 

 Bedford, and had been in his pofsefsion some tim6 

 before the unfortunate accident which deprived him 

 of his beloved son the marquis of Tavistock, whos6 

 disastrous fate having had so near a resemblance to 

 the story of t"h is picture*, none of the family could 

 bear to behold the picture tver after, and it was or- 

 dered to be put away. On that occasion Mr Scot 

 purchased it at a very moderate price ; and it no\^ 

 forms the most elegant ornament of the elegant 

 villa of Bellevue. The figure of Achilles in thiS 

 picture is painted with surprising characteristic 

 justnefs, spirit, and fire ; and will perhaps stand the 

 test of the severest criticism as well as any other 

 that was ever painted. It is indeed in the grand 

 and terrible of masculine exprefsion that Mr Hamil- 



* The marquis was thrown from his horse, and dragged—his 

 feet having stuck in the stirrup. 



