William Hoare
(1707-1792), Portrait painterSitter in 6 portraits
Artist associated with 74 portraits
Hoare was apprenticed to the painter and sculptor Giuseppe Grisoni, with whom he travelled to Rome in 1728. He returned to England temporarily around 1733 and permanently four years later. Moving to Bath in 1739, he become the first fashionable portraitist to settle in that town. During the 1740s and 1750s, Hoare portrayed many influential politicians and social leaders, including prime ministers Pitt and Walpole, and the composer, Handel. Included amongst his patrons were the Duke of Newcastle, the Earls of Pembroke and Chesterfield, and the Duke of Beaufort. With Gainsborough and Sir Joshua Reynolds, he was a founding member of the Royal Academy. Hoare was the father of painter and dramatist Prince Hoare.
Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden
by Jonathan Spilsbury, after William Hoare
mezzotint, published 1766
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William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham
by Richard Houston, after William Hoare
mezzotint, 1766
NPG D32925
Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
published by John Hinton, after William Hoare
line engraving, published circa 1766-1781
NPG D14630
by George Perfect Harding, after William Hoare
pencil after etching, (1778)
NPG D5635
by William Hoare
etching, 1779
NPG D15269
Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke
by and published by Edward Harding, after William Hoare
stipple engraving, published 1 September 1800 (1763)
NPG D14207
Henry Somerset, 3rd Duke of Beaufort
by George Perfect Harding, after William Hoare
pencil after etching, early 19th century
NPG D177
William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham
by William Holl Sr, after William Derby, after William Hoare
stipple engraving, published 1832
NPG D32923
by James Watson, after William Hoare
mezzotint
NPG D5532
by Richard Houston, after William Hoare
mezzotint
NPG D5534
William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham
by Richard Houston, after William Hoare
mezzotint, (circa 1754)
NPG D20361
Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple
by James Watson, after William Hoare
mezzotint, circa 1760-1761
NPG D6940
Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke
by and published by Edward Harding, after William Hoare
stipple engraving, published 1 September 1800 (1763)
NPG D19313
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