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{{Short description|English sculptor}}
{{Short description|English sculptor}}
{{about|the sculptor brother of William Hoare|William's painter and playwright son|Prince Hoare (younger)}}
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'''Prince Hoare''' (ca. 1711 – 5 November 1769) was an English sculptor. "Prince" in this instance was a [[given name]], not a royal title.
'''Prince Hoare''' ({{circa|1711}} – 5 November 1769) was an English sculptor. "Prince" in this instance was a [[given name]], not a royal title.


==Life==
==Life==


Possibly born near [[Eye, Suffolk]], brother of [[William Hoare]] RA, he trained under [[Peter Scheemakers]] in [[London]]. He subsequently settled in [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]] with his brother but spent much of the 1740s in [[Italy]]. He returned to Bath in 1749 and remained active as a sculptor. On 26 May 1751 he married Mary Coulthurst (1716–1751) daughter of the clothier Henry Coulthurst of Melksham with a dowry of £6,000. Despite his new found wealth he continued as a sculptor. He died in Bath on 5 Nov 1769.<ref name="GAL">Newby (2006)</ref>
Possibly born near [[Eye, Suffolk]], brother of [[William Hoare]] RA, he trained under [[Peter Scheemakers]] in [[London]]. He subsequently settled in [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]] with his brother but spent much of the 1740s in [[Italy]]. He returned to Bath in 1749 and remained active as a sculptor. On 26 May 1751 he married Mary Coulthurst (1716–1751) daughter of the clothier Henry Coulthurst of Melksham with a dowry of £6,000. Despite his new found wealth he continued as a sculptor.


He died in Bath on 8 November 1769.<ref name="GAL">Newby (2006)</ref>
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==Works==


==Family==
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*Statue of [[Beau Nash|Richard Nash]] at the [[Pump Room, Bath]] (1752)
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*[[Marble]] [[Bust (sculpture)|bust]] of [[Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield]] (1740)
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*Various statuary groups for Sir [[Throckmorton baronets|Robert Throckmorton]] (1754)
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*Four goddess statues at [[Stourhead]] (1759)
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*Varius chimey-pieces for [[Corsham Court]] (1760-1765)
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In May 1751 he married Miss Mary Colthurst of the [[Colthurst baronets]] of [[Melksham]] and received a [[dowry]] of £6000 (the equivalent of £1 million in 2020).<ref>Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1851 by Rupert Gunnis p.204</ref>
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! Work !! Year !! Location ({{As of|2007|lc=on}})
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==Works==
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*Monument to Jacob Selfe at [[Melksham]] (1730)
| [[Marble]] [[Bust (sculpture)|bust]] of [[Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield]]<ref name="GAL"/>
*Memorial to Bishop [[Isaac Maddox]] in [[Worcester Cathedral]] (1743)
| 1741
*Monument to Mary Hilliard at [[Kilmersdon]] (1745)
| [[Ranger's House]]
*Monument to John Long at [[Heddington]] (1746)
|-
*Memorial to [[Cobb baronets|Lady Cobb]] at [[Newton St. Loe]] (1749)
|Several statues for [[Henry Hoare]]<ref name="GAL"/>
*Monument to Jacob Barclay at [[Weston-super-Mare|Weston, Somerset]] (1750)
|1759
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*Statue of [[Beau Nash|Richard Nash]] at the [[Pump Room, Bath]] (1752)
|—
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*[[Marble]] [[Bust (sculpture)|bust]] of [[Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield]] (1740)<ref name="GAL"/>
|-
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*Various statuary groups for Sir [[Throckmorton baronets|Robert Throckmorton]] for his houses at Buckland and [[Coughton Court|Coughton]] (1754)
|Chimney-pieces<ref name="GAL"/>
*Bust of [[Ralph Allen]] in Bath Hospital (1757)
|1760–1762
*Monument to the Eyles family in [[Devizes]] Parish Church (1757)
|[[Corsham Court]]
*Monument to Thomas Dawtrey at [[Petworth]] (1758)
|-
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*Four goddess statues at [[Stourhead]] commissioned by [[Henry Hoare]] (1759)
|Bust of [[Beau Nash]]<ref name="GAL"/>
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*Various chimey-pieces for [[Corsham Court]] (1760-1765)<ref name="GAL"/>
|1761
*Monument to Thomas Collins at St Leonard's Church in [[Exeter]] (1761)
|[[Guildhall, Bath]]
*Bust of [[Beau Nash|Richard Nash]] at the [[Guildhall, Bath]] (1761)
|-
|Monument to [[Alexander Pope]]<ref name="GAL"/>
*Monument to [[Alexander Pope]] in St Mary's Church, [[Twickenham]] (1761)<ref name="GAL"/>
*Monument to Anne Carey at [[Steeple Aston]] (1762)
|1761
*Monument to Lord John Trevor at [[Bromham, Bedfordshire]] (1764)
|St. Mary's Church, [[Twickenham]]
*Bust of [[Alexander Pope]] in Bath Art Gallery (dnk)
|}


==Notes==
==Notes==
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{{Reflist|30em}}


==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==
*{{cite journal | author=Newby, Evelyn | title=The Hoares of Bath | journal=Bath History | volume=1 | year=1986 | pages=90–127 }} {{ISBN|0-86299-294-X}}
*{{cite journal | author=Newby, Evelyn | title=The Hoares of Bath | journal=Bath History | volume=1 | year=1986 | pages=90–127 }} {{ISBN|0-86299-294-X}}
*Newby, E. (2006) "[http://www.groveart.com/shared/views/article.html?section=art.038362.3.1#art.038362.3.1 Prince Hoare I]{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}", ''[[Grove Art Online]]'', Oxford University Press, retrieved 15 August 2007 (subscription required)
*Newby, E. (2006) "[http://www.groveart.com/shared/views/article.html?section=art.038362.3.1#art.038362.3.1 Prince Hoare I]{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}", ''[[Grove Art Online]]'', Oxford University Press, retrieved 15 August 2007 (subscription required)
*{{cite book | author=Whinney, M.; ed. J. Physick | title=Sculpture in Britain, 1530–1830 | url=https://archive.org/details/sculptureinbrita00whin | url-access=registration | edition=Pelican History of Art, rev. | year=1988 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/sculptureinbrita00whin/page/457 457], ''n.''20 | location=London | publisher=Penguin | isbn=0140561234 }}
*{{cite book | author=Whinney, M. | editor=Physick, J. | title=Sculpture in Britain, 1530–1830 | url=https://archive.org/details/sculptureinbrita00whin | url-access=registration | edition=Pelican History of Art, rev. | year=1988 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/sculptureinbrita00whin/page/457 457], ''n.''20 | location=London | publisher=Penguin | isbn=0140561234 }}


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Latest revision as of 18:50, 3 October 2023

This article is about the sculptor brother of William Hoare. For William's painter and playwright son, see Prince Hoare (younger).

Prince Hoare (c. 1711 – 5 November 1769) was an English sculptor. "Prince" in this instance was a given name, not a royal title.

Life

[edit]

Possibly born near Eye, Suffolk, brother of William Hoare RA, he trained under Peter Scheemakers in London. He subsequently settled in Bath with his brother but spent much of the 1740s in Italy. He returned to Bath in 1749 and remained active as a sculptor. On 26 May 1751 he married Mary Coulthurst (1716–1751) daughter of the clothier Henry Coulthurst of Melksham with a dowry of £6,000. Despite his new found wealth he continued as a sculptor.

He died in Bath on 8 November 1769.[1]

Family

[edit]

In May 1751 he married Miss Mary Colthurst of the Colthurst baronets of Melksham and received a dowry of £6000 (the equivalent of £1 million in 2020).[2]

Works

[edit]

Notes

[edit]
  1. ^ a b c d Newby (2006)
  2. ^ Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1851 by Rupert Gunnis p.204

Bibliography

[edit]
  • Newby, Evelyn (1986). "The Hoares of Bath". Bath History. 1: 90–127. ISBN 0-86299-294-X
  • Newby, E. (2006) "Prince Hoare I[permanent dead link‍]", Grove Art Online, Oxford University Press, retrieved 15 August 2007 (subscription required)
  • Whinney, M. (1988). Physick, J. (ed.). Sculpture in Britain, 1530–1830 (Pelican History of Art, rev. ed.). London: Penguin. pp. 457, n.20. ISBN 0140561234.
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