D'Hancarville. The Complete Collection of Antiquities from the Cabinet of Sir William Hamilton

Sir William Hamilton built up an invaluable collection of ancient Greek vases, subsequently sold to the British Museum in 1772. He commissioned Pierre-Francois d'Hancarville, a connoisseur and art dealer, to document the vases in words and images. The resulting catalog is known as Les Antiquites d'HancarvilIe and is a neoclassical masterpiece.