Prince Hoare (elder)

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

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

Life

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.

Family

He married Miss Colthurst of the Colthurst baronets of Melksham.

Works

• Statue of Richard Nash at the Pump Room, Bath (1752)
• Marble bust of Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield (1740)
• Various statuary groups for Sir Robert Throckmorton for his houses at Buckland and Coughton (1754)
• Bust of Ralph Allen in Bath Hospital (1757)
• Four goddess statues at Stourhead (1759)
• Varius chimey-pieces for Corsham Court (1760-1765)
• Bust of Richard Nash at the Guildhall, Bath (1761)
• Bust of Alexander Pope in Bath Art Gallery (dnk)

Work	Year	Location (as of 2007)
Several statues for Henry Hoare	1759	—	Bust of Beau Nash	1761	Guildhall, Bath
Monument to Alexander Pope	1761	St. Mary's Church, Twickenham

Bibliography

• Newby, Evelyn (1986). "The Hoares of Bath". Bath History. 1: 90–127. ISBN 0-86299-294-X
• Newby, E. (2006) "Prince Hoare I", Grove Art Online, Oxford University Press, retrieved 15 August 2007 (subscription required)
• Whinney, M.; ed. J. Physick (1988). Sculpture in Britain, 1530–1830 (Pelican History of Art, rev. ed.). London: Penguin. pp. 457, n.20. ISBN 0140561234.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)