Richard Hoare of Ellisfield (1673-1721)
Jonathan Richardson the elder (London 1665 – London 1745)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1714 - 1720
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1245 x 991 mm (49 x 39 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Stourhead, Wiltshire
NT 732295
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Richard Hoare of Ellisfield (1673 - 1721) by Jonathan Richardson the elder (London 1665 - London 1745). A three-quarter length portrait of Richard Hoare of Ellisfield, eldest son of Sir Richard Hoare, Kt and ancestor of the Hoares of Ellisfield near Basingstoke. He owned Stourhead from 1714 to 1720, when it was sold to his younger brother Henry. He faces to the left, wearing a brown coat and carrying a hat under his left arm and a white glove on his left hand. His ungloved right hand is resting on a table on which are books and a sheet of paper covered with figures to which he is pointing.
Provenance
By inheritance by his brother; given to the National Trust along with the house, its grounds, and the rest of the contents by Sir Henry Hugh Arthur Hoare, 6th Bt (1865 – 1947) in 1946
Credit line
Stourhead, The Hoare Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
Jonathan Richardson the elder (London 1665 – London 1745), artist