Gavin Hamilton, The Death of Lucretia, 1763–67. Oil on canvas. Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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Gavin Hamilton, The Death of Lucretia, 1763–67. Oil on canvas. Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Gavin Hamilton and the Grand Tour have been the subjects of much writing recently, all of it already out of print.

The David Irwin and Robert Rosenblum articles are still basic.

The catalogue by Edgar Peters Bowron and Joseph J. Rishel is more recent and includes the Gallery’s painting.

Both Hugh Honour and John Ingamells are excellent on the period in general and the tastes of the British in particular.
 

Irwin, David.
“Gavin Hamilton: Archaeologist, Painter, and Dealer.” Art Bulletin 44, no. 2, pp. 87–102.
 

Rosenblum, Robert.
“Gavin Hamilton’s ‘Brutus’ and Its Aftermath,”
Burlington Magazine 103, no. 694, pp. 8–16.
Bowron, Edgar Peters, and Joseph J. Rishel.
Art in Rome in the Eighteenth Century.
Philadelphia: Merrell Publishers, pp. 295–303, 380–82.
Honour, Hugh. Neo-Classicism. New York: Penguin, pp. 17–67.
Ingamells, John.
“Discovering Italy: British Travelers in the Eighteenth Century.”
In Andrew Wilton and Ilaria Bignamini,
Grand Tour: The Lure of Italy in the Eighteenth Century.
Exh. cat. London: Tate Gallery Publishers, 1996: 21–30.

Livy. Ab urbe condita libri. Book 1: esp. 1.49–1.59.