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Hamilton, Gawen
(b nr Hamilton, Scotland, c. 1697; d London, 28 Oct 1737). Scottish painter. He was the pupil of a bird painter named Wilson ( fl 1692–1723). From c. 1730 he lived in London, where he painted as a member of the St Luke’s Club, specializing in conversation pieces and small full-length portraits. His best-known work is a Conversation of Virtuosi at the Kings Armes (1734–5; London, N.P.G.; see LONDON, fig. 17), a group portrait of the most famous artists of the day, including Michael Dahl, John Wootton, William Kent, James Gibbs, George Vertue and John Michael Rysbrack, but excluding William Hogarth. Other works by him are Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford and his Family (c. 1732; Ottawa, N.G.) and the Porten Family (c. 1736; Springfield, MA, Mus. F.A.). Hamilton was considered in his day to be one of the chief rivals of William Hogarth as a painter of conversation pieces.
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