Sir Henry Hugh Hoare, 3rd Bt (1762-1841)
Prince Hoare (Bath 1755 – Brighton 1834)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1780 - 1834 (death of artist)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1270 x 1016 mm (50 x 40 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Stourhead, Wiltshire
NT 732215
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Sir Henry Hugh Hoare, 3rd Bt (1762 - 1841) by Prince Hoare (Bath 1755 – Brighton 1834), circa 1780 - 1834. Three-quarter length portrait of Sir Henry Hugh Hoare as a young man with long curly hair. He stands in a landscape facing to the left with a dog on the left at his right hand. He wears a brown coat, waistcoat and breeches with a white open collar and holds a gun upright in his left hand.
Provenance
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
Prince Hoare (Bath 1755 – Brighton 1834), artist
References
Nichols 1840 J. B. Nichols, Catalogue of the Hoare Library at Stourhead...with Catalogue of the Paintings and Drawings, 1840, p. 735