2973757 Lady Hamilton, as a Bacchante (oil on canvas) by Vigee-Lebrun, Elisabeth Louise (1755-1842); Lady Lever Art Gallery, National Museums Liverpool; (add.info.: Emma, Lady Hamilton (26 April 1765; baptised 12 May 1765 ??15 January 1815) is best remembered as the mistress of Lord Nelson and as the muse of George Romney. She was born Amy Lyon in Ness near Neston, Cheshire, England, the daughter of Henry Lyon, a blacksmith who died when she was two months old. She was raised by her mother, the former Mary Kidd, at Hawarden, and received no formal education. She later changed her name to Emma Hart.); 穢 National Museums Liverpool ; French, out of copyright.