Sir Richard Colt Hoare, 2nd Bt (1758-1838), aged 62
Henry Edridge, RA (Paddington 1769 - London 1821)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1820 - 1821
Materials
Pencil, watercolour and some bodycolour on paper
Measurements
232 x 184 mm (9 1/8 x 7 1/4 in)
Place of origin
Wiltshire
Order this imageCollection
Stourhead, Wiltshire
NT 730733
Summary
Pencil, watercolour with some bodycolour on paper, Sir Richard Colt Hoare, 2nd Bt (1758-1838), aged 62 by Henry Edridge, RA (Paddington 1769 – London 1821), 1820/21. A three-quarter length portrait of a gentleman to left, seated in a chair at his desk, Sir Richard Colt Hoare, 2nd Bt, at the age of 62, writing, wearing a red coat. He is surrounded by various Wiltshire pots and volumes of his History of Modern Wiltshire. In frame,
Provenance
Commissioned by Richard Colt Hoare 2nd Bt (1758-1838) and thence by descent; 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
Makers and roles
Henry Edridge, RA (Paddington 1769 - London 1821), photographer
References
Hoare 1838 Sir Richard Colt Hoare, Inventory of Heir-Looms at Stourhead directed to be taken by the Will of the late Sir Richard Colt Hoare Bart. with the state and condition thereof, no. 1067