Diana Hill (painter)

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Diana Hill (c. 1760–1844) was an English miniaturist. She was born in about 1760[1] as Diana Dietz[2] and married Haydock Hill in 1781.[3] Hill lived and worked in England and, after her first husband's death,[3] in Calcutta, India.[4] In 1788, she remarried: her husband was Lieutenant Thomas Harriott of the 1st Native Infantry. She returned to England, accompanied by Harriott, in 1806 and died in Twickenham on 10 February 1844.[3] A miniature portrait of her second husband, Lieutenant Thomas Harriott, painted by her in 1791, is held at the Victoria and Albert Museum.[5]

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  1. ^ "From London, Gallery of Miniatures at the V&A". Two in The Middle. 8 September 2012. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  2. ^ "Diana Hill, née Dietz (British, c. 1765 – d. 1844)". Christie's. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  3. ^ a b c Aronson, Julie; Wieseman, Marjorie E. (2006). Perfect Likeness. Yale University Press. p. 209. ISBN 0300115806.
  4. ^ "Portrait miniature of an unknown officer". Victoria and Albert Museum. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  5. ^ "Portrait miniature of Lieutenant Thomas Harriott". Victoria and Albert Museum. Retrieved 30 July 2016.