Henry Arthur Hoare of Wavendon (1804-1873)
Richard Augustus Clack (Devon c.1804 – Exeter 1881)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1870 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1429 x 1016 mm (56 1/4 x 40 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Stourhead, Wiltshire (Accredited Museum)
NT 732273
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Henry Arthur Hoare (1804-1873) by Richard Augustus Clack (Devon c.1804 – Exeter 1881), signed and dated: R.A.Clack, 1870. The portrait shows Henry Arthur Hoare of Wavendon with a white beard and hair. He is standing, three-quarter length in a landscape in front of a classical column looking slightly towards the right. He is accompanied by a dog, a Norwich terrier, to his right, sitting on a wall in the left foreground for which he paid the artist extra for its inclusion.
Provenance
By descent to the sitter's son; 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)
Marks and inscriptions
Verso: On the back of the canvas is pasted the bill for 60 gns., with 7 gns. added for the introduction of the dog. Verso: Inscribed with name of sitter
Makers and roles
Richard Augustus Clack (Devon c.1804 – Exeter 1881), artist