Digital Reconstruction of Emma Hamilton's Face
September 30 2025
Picture: The Guardian
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
News broke over the weekend of the latest efforts of French specialists to digitally reconstruct the face of Lady Emma Hamilton from the skull which is purported to have been hers. The remains, which were originally placed in the churchyard of St Pierre’s in Calais, formed the basis of a digital reconstruction allowing us to compare her features to those found in countless paintings by the likes of George Romney, Joshua Reynolds, Hugh Douglas Hamilton, Thomas Lawrence, Vigée Le Brun and others. Click on the link above to see the image for yourself.
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The result? Personally, I would trust (perhaps rather foolishly) the brush of the artists listed above, who truly captured the spirit of Emma a thousand times more convincingly than the odd B&W image produced here...
