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.
The Academicians of the Royal Academy
by John Sanders, after Johan Joseph Zoffany
watercolour and ink, 1773, based on a work of 1772
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Key to 'The Academicians of the Royal Academy'
by John Sanders, after Johan Joseph Zoffany
pencil, circa 1773
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The Academicians of the Royal Academy
by Richard Earlom, after Johan Joseph Zoffany
mezzotint, published 1773
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by and published by Samuel William Reynolds, after Prince Hoare
mezzotint, published 1 October 1794
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by and published by Samuel William Reynolds, after Prince Hoare
mezzotint, published 1 October 1794
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by R. Page, after Prince Hoare
stipple engraving, published 1820
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