Equestrian Portrait of Sir Richard Hoare (1709-1754), as Lord Mayor of London
John Wootton (Snitterfield c.1682 – London 1764)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1746
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1659 x 1423 mm
Order this imageCollection
Stourhead, Wiltshire
NT 732284
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Equestrian Portrait of Sir Richard Hoare (1709-1754), as Lord Mayor by John Wootton (Snitterfield c.1682 – London 1765), circa 1746, signed J. Wootton fecit. The Lord Mayor is seen returning from Westminster through Temple Bar, on the right, after presenting the City address to George II on 3rd May 1746 after the battle of Culloden and the suppression of the Forty-Five Rebellion. He carries the Pearl Sword point upwards as though he were in the presence of the Sovereign, as was the custom when presenting an address. The man in the fur cap, on the left, is Cotton King, who had assumed the office of swordbearer on 24th April 1746. The figure on the extreme right appears to be the Lord Mayor's bargemaster and the other figures are presumably members of the Corporation who accompanied him. In the distance, on the left, is St Paul's.
Provenance
In Stourhead House in 1762 but may have been transferred to Wavendon in 1798.Brought from Wavendon by Sir Henry Hugh Arthur Hoare 6th Bt (1865 - 1947) and Alda Weston, Lady Hoare (d. 1847) between 1894 and 1898.Given to the National Trust along with the house, its grounds, and the rest of contents by Sir Henry Hugh Arthur Hoare, 6th Bt (1865 – 1947) in 1946; on loan to Hoare's Bank, Fleet St, London
Credit line
Stourhead, The Hoare Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
Recto: Inscribed Sr Richard Hoare Knt. Lord Mayor of the City of London in the Memorable Year 1746.
Makers and roles
John Wootton (Snitterfield c.1682 – London 1764)
References
Walpole 1927-28 Paget Toynbee (ed.), 'Horace Walpole's Journals of Visits to Country Seats, etc.', 1760-62, Walpole Society XVI, 1927 -28 pp. 9-80, p.42 Portrait Groups from National Trust Collections (exh cat) Arts Council of Great Britain (touring exh), National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, Wakefield, Luton, Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne, Coventry, 1960-1, no. 19