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Peter Lely, née Pieter van der Faes, was an English painter of Dutch origin, a member of the Guild of St. Luke in Haarlem.
In England his talent as a portrait painter was very highly regarded, he became a British subject and was knighted. For many years Lely had the title of the most fashionable portrait painter in England. He was the chief portrait painter at the court of Kings Charles I and Charles II. Lely painted many portraits of noble knights and ladies of the court.
Peter Lely, née Pieter van der Faes, was an English painter of Dutch origin, a member of the Guild of St. Luke in Haarlem.
In England his talent as a portrait painter was very highly regarded, he became a British subject and was knighted. For many years Lely had the title of the most fashionable portrait painter in England. He was the chief portrait painter at the court of Kings Charles I and Charles II. Lely painted many portraits of noble knights and ladies of the court.
![B.R. KHRESHCHATISKII. Istoriia Leib-gvardii Kazach’iago Ego Velichestva Polka [History of His Majesty’s Life Guards Cossack Regiment]. St Petersburg: 1913. Folio, plates and illustrations, some colour, original cloth, upper cover with silver badge, printe](/assets/image/picture_908296/555aa/56fe95c59651ec538c3d2215b45a2b851593590400jpg__fix_374_244.jpeg)
![B.R. KHRESHCHATISKII. Istoriia Leib-gvardii Kazach’iago Ego Velichestva Polka [History of His Majesty’s Life Guards Cossack Regiment]. St Petersburg: 1913. Folio, plates and illustrations, some colour, original cloth, upper cover with silver badge, printe](https://veryimportantlot.com/assets/image/picture_908296/555aa/56fe95c59651ec538c3d2215b45a2b851593590400jpg__fix_374_244.jpeg)
Sir William Douglas Hamilton was a British diplomat, archaeologist and volcanologist, a famous collector, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of London.
He served as British Ambassador to the Kingdom of Naples from 1764 to 1800, but most importantly, he was a passionate researcher of history, art and natural sciences and was a member of the Society of Dilettantes, established for the purpose of studying ancient art.
In Naples, Hamilton amassed a unique collection of antique vases and published an illustrated book about them. In parallel, Sir Hamilton studied the volcanoes Vesuvius and Etna, local volcanic and seismic activity, and the causes of earthquakes in the Neapolitan territory. As a corresponding member of the Royal Society, he sent the results of his research to London. His publications were very valuable for the time.
