For a time d'Hancarville worked as an intermediary for Hamilton and assisted him in the acquisitions of various antiquities, including over 700 vases, as well as more risqué objects. A bit of a drifter, d'Hancarville ended up in Naples where he operated as an amateur art dealer and came in contact with the British ambassador to Naples, Sir William Hamilton (1731-1803).
A collection of pornographic art from antiquity, presented by the French 'art historian' Pierre-François Hugues d'Hancarville (1719-1805).
