The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-04-07
A TRILBY IN REAL LIFE.
REMi RKABLE STORY OF LADY
HAMILTON AS A MODEL HOSTESS.
Born in y Hut, She Afterwards Flashed
Meteor-Liks Across the European -
Firmsment, and Dies in Obscurity.


An artists model more famous In real Ire
than Trilby has been made OF IN hction;
is lovely Lady Hamilton, who nourlsheu
toward the end OF the last century. Born
OF lowly family in 1860 In Cheshire' snS
drifted to London. There she soon had
the shining lights of the artistic ana So
ciai world at her feet. Her death early IN
the present century was almost as lowiy
as her birth. Mrs. Robert +. Porter Is
the author Of an extremely interesting
article in the April Cosmopolitan on the
life and charms of this famous beauty
When scarcely thirteen years old her
mother sent for her TO come TO LONDON 10
take a place. She had been known W
to that time as Envy" Lyon, and the
place proved 10 be in the house of Mrs.
finley. manager of Drury Lane, mother
of Sheridan's beloved Betty, and wife or
the Well-knOwn composer.
IL was here that Envy. VINO now I'M
proved her name TO Emma, gained her
first idea of music and the theatr'cai
effects which she made such extraord.-
nary use OF later In life.
rABLEAux IN THE KITCHEN.
From the Linleys the young girl went
to DR. Budds. where, with her fellow
servant, Mary Jane Powell. she enacted
rolls and brown ale being partaken or
between the acts and the calls from
upstairs. Not many years later Mary
Jare Powell superbly Consumed az the
leading lady OF Drury Lane, made pro-
found mock courtesy TO the diamond
bedecked Lady Hamilton. wife OF Eng
lands proudest Ambassador, and whom
the whole house, II 'Wdet TO suI)capon,
rose to its feet TO greet was there ever
a stranger encounter between eN-servlng
maid and ex-cOOk?
In l7S2. under the name Of Mrs. Hartc.
which she retained until her marriage,
Emma was living on Edgware Road IN
khe house OF Mr. GrcVille, who had be-
fr!ended her when she had reached the
direst pitch OF poverty and misery. Gre
Vile vas a man of noble birth and or
great cultivation. connoisseur on art
and with the same passion for collect
ing" that distinguished his antiquarian
uncle. Sir. William Hamilton. or all the
Greville objects Dart however, there
was nothing the owner valued IN his col
lection for its rarely and perfection as
much as Emma. II was truly said that
he regarded her az the finest conceivable
bit Of antique art in young flesh and
blood.
At this time, Emma, seventeen years
old, was In the perfection of her youthful
beauty. Tall. 1.-THE and perfectly modelled
I'm figure. she had the head OF an Ariadne
set with classic grace on long, Ialr
neck Her face had that purity Of oval
common IN pictures or the saints her
eyes were long, liquid, and of the rich
est blue; the nose delicate and expressive;
and brow, broad. low and white, were
beyond criticism. Her mouth, exquisite
in its curves. yoluptuous, yet dainty, al
ways parted enough 20 show a cream or
milk-whte teeth against tho pomegranate
OF her lips. was. said Gavin Hamilton,
"the most remarkable feature and the
most remarkable face
HEB HAIR LIKE BYRoSs
The great beauty's hair was precisely
the same hue as ByrOn's. Side by side
no one can distinguish. except by the
length a difference in their locks. IL -
Of a color TO be loved-tnat EXQUISITE;
warm chestnut with its undertOne OF
gold; and from Emma's head Il fell In
glorious, wayy cloud TO her feet. In many
OF her pictures II answers as peerless
background for her perfect loyeliness
Greville was the first to appreciate
Emma's value from an artistic stand
point, and also to perceive that the
awakening OF her intellect would impart
to her new and powerful charm- TO
this end he employed the best masters
10 teach her music and drawing and al
lowed her 10 meet only men OF attain
ments and talents. Emma made the best
OF her opportunities.
The powers of expression which en-
abled her 10 pose for such varied sub
jects were truly marvellous. OF her Hay
ley wrote Her features. like the language
OF Shakespeare. could exhibit all the feel
ing of nature and all the gradat!ons Of
every passion with the most fascinating
truth and felicity OF expression"
HER GHFAIEhT CONQIE1Ib-
Greville and Sir. William decided that
she should pursue her studies in italy
under the latter's care. Ii was here and
then that she made her greatest con-
quests and ne married her. Her social
life was blaze CT brilliancy, and during
all her drawing-room SUCCESSES ana court
festivities, art and artists pefsist~nly
made CLAIM on the most perfect model
I'm Europe Sir Thomas Lawrence drew
of her two superb heads In chalk. one
OF which, the profile, rangs in the British
Museum. lie also painted very fine
full-length portrait-a poem OF lovellness-
that Is in the possession of the Duke OF
Abercorn. whose ancestor. the Marquis
OF Abercorn, was one OF the two Wit
nesses OF the wedding OF the blacksmith's
daughter, and one OF England's proudest
aristOcrats.
The great Sir. Joshua Reynolds. small
In his jealousy OF Romney. whom he
never mentioned except as THE man in
cavendish Square," portrayed Lady
Hamilton as sAriadne." ami again as
The Bacchante a fayorite character
II seems, for the artists who depicted
her She sat to Hoppner for THE Com
ia Muse" and sMagdalen," and to Cos
way, Dunn and half a dozen other min
TWO women, both beautiful, both ia
nous. Madame Lebrun and Angelica
Kaufman. have left US pictures OF the
last OF the Lancashire Witches" as DR..
a dancing girl. tambourine in hand. as a
bacchaute, and as slbyl, In the last
draping her head with exquisite grace.
In 1915. after a short Illness. Romney's
'.diyine lady" died in a lodging house
In Calais. one almost as humble as the
Through the intercession of a resident
nm giishman her body was saved from a