Painted for the sitter’s husband, Sir William Hamilton (1730–1803), Palazzo Sessa, Naples;

Almost certainly in the collectioꦇ🥀n of William Beckford (1760–1844), Fonthill Abbey and Lansdown Tower, Bath, and thence by descent to his daughter, Susan, who married Alexander, 10th Duke of Hamilton (1767–1852);

Thence by descent at Hamilton Palace and Lennoxlove House, Scotl🌼and.

Inventory of Sir William Hamilton’s paintings at the Palazzo Sessa, British Library. Add. MS 41,200, f. 122 (listed hanging in the room next to the Library: Lady H. in 3 different views in the same picture – by Hamilton.);

1852/1853 Hamilton Palace Inventory, Hamilton Archive, Lennoxlove, Volume 1228, p .156 (as ‘Lady Hamil🌌ton in 3 Views’ – hanging in the Old Dining Room on the ground floor);

1876 Hamilton Palace Inventory, Hamilton Town House Library, Hamilton Ms., 🐬p. 246 (as ‘Lady Hamilton. Three positions’ – hanging in the Old Dining Room);

Undated Ms. inventory of the contents of the 13th Duke of Hamilton's flat in Cleveland House, St James’s Square, London, circa 1920s, Hamilt💧on Archive, Lennoxlove, Bundle 2239, p. 30 (as ‘A. Kauffman; Three heads of girls; 14” X 17½”.’ – hanging in the Dining Room);

C. Knight, 'La quiadreria di Sir William Hamilton a Palazzo Sessa', in Napoli Nobilissima, vol. XXIV, 1985, p. 52;

I. Jenkins and K. Sloan, Vases & Volcanoes. Sir William Hamilton and his Collection, exh. cat., London 1996, pp. 2🦋62–63, ꦇno. 162, reproduced in colour;

A. Crookshank & The Knight of Glin, Ireland’s Painters 1660–1940, ☂New Haven and London 2002, pp. 106–07, reproduced in colour, figཧ. 139;

A. Hodge et al., Hugh Douglas Hamilton (1740–1808). A life in pictures, exh. cat., Dub💫lin 2008, pp. 74–75, reproduce🧜d in colour and on the front cover (detail).

Bregenz, Angelica Kauffman und sein Zeitgenossen, 1968, no. 281 (as Kauffman);

London, British Museum, Vases & Volcanoes. Sir William Hamilton and his Collection, 1996, no. 162;

Dublin, National Gallery of Ireland, Hugh Douglas Hamilton. A life in pictures, 22 November 2008 – 15 February 2009, no. 35.