Hugh
Douglas Hamilton
A Dubliner’s Grace: The Life and Art of Hugh Douglas Hamilton Born in the bustling heart of 18th-century Dublin around 1740, Hugh Douglas Hamilton emerged as a pivotal figure in portraiture, bridging the Rococo elegance of his early career with the burgeoning Neoclassical sensibilities that …
A portrait built from Hugh Douglas Hamilton's own colours
Every 9 approved work contributes its dominant tone to a single flowing field. Sorted along the hue wheel, the strip reads as a smooth spectrum. Click any band to reveal its full four-colour palette.
Bands follow the hue wheel; visually identical tones are merged.
Every painting, placed on the hue wheel
Each dot is a work — its angle set by hue, its distance from the centre by saturation. Hover a dot to see the painting.
The signature, in numbers
Where the colour came from
Up to 24 paintings representing the most frequent palette tones — each shown with its dominant colours.
