Diana Hill (painter)

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]

References

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. 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.