Prince Hoare (September 1755 - 1834)
RA Collection: People and Organisations
Playwright and artist, born at Bath, the younger son and fourth of the five children of William Hoare RA (1707/8–1792) and his wife, Elizabeth, née Barker (d. 1793). Educated by Mr Hele, first master of the grammar school at Bath, and instructed in art by his father. He won a prize for a drawing of outlines from the Society of Arts in 1772 and in 1773 entered the Royal Academy Schools. He visited Rome in 1776 where he studied under Mengs, together with Fuseli and Northcote, before returning to England in 1780. On his return he exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1781 to 1785 but increasing ill-health forced him to abandon painting. He exhibited once more at the Royal Academy in 1815 as an ‘Honorary Exhibitor’.
After a recuperative visit to Lisbon, Portugal in 1788 he returned to London and began to write light comedies, often set to music by Stephen Storace (1763–96), including works such as No Song, No Supper (1789) and The Prize (1792) which met with considerable success. Hoare maintained his interest in the art world, collecting biographical material on British artists. He also maintained the friendships he had made with artists in Rome, particularly with Fuseli and Northcote.
A gifted linguist, in 1799 Hoare was appointed Secretary for Foreign Correspondence to the Royal Academy, and in this capacity he published Extracts from a Correspondence with the Academies of Vienna and St Petersbourg (1802), Academic Correspondence (1804), and Academic Annals of Painting (1805; 2nd edn, 1809). He also published several books of criticism, including An Inquiry into the … Art of Design in England (1806), Epochs of the Arts (1813), and Memoirs of Granville Sharp (1820). He edited a collection of essays (some his own work) entitled The Artist (2 vols., 1809–10).
He was a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, and of the Royal Society of Literature, to which he bequeathed his library. He also bequeathed a large number of books and prints to the Royal Academy Collection. In his later years he lived mainly in Brighton for his health and died there from the delayed effects of a carriage accident on 22 December 1834.
Profile
Born: September 1755 in Bath, Avon, England, United Kingdom
Died: 22 December 1834
Nationality: British
RA Schools student from 31 December 1773
Honorary officer: Secretary for Foreign Correspondence 1799 - 1834
Gender: Male
Works by Prince Hoare in the RA Collection
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Prince Hoare
Portrait of John Opie, R.A., c. 1790s
Pastel on paper laid onto canvas
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Prince Hoare
Alceste, 1783
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Prince Hoare
Death of the Widow's Son, 1782
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Prince Hoare
Reverend John Barton, c.1795
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Prince Hoare
James Northcote, c.1784
Printed in sepia ink.
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Prince Hoare
Youth, 1787
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Prince Hoare and Thomas Gainsborough RA
Self-portrait, late 18th century?
Oil on canvas
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Prince Hoare
Woman wearing cap seated on two blocks of stone, 1780-1790
Etching
Works after Prince Hoare in the RA Collection
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Works associated with Prince Hoare in the RA Collection
64 results
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Tommaso Piroli
The Prophet Ezekiel, [1800?]
Etching in colour
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Tommaso Piroli
The Delphic Sibyl, [1800?]
Etching in colour
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Tommaso Piroli
The Prophet Daniel, [1800?]
Etching in colour
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Tommaso Piroli
The Prophet Joel , [1800?]
Etching in colour
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Tommaso Piroli
The Cumaean Sibyl , [1800?]
Etching in colour
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Tommaso Piroli
The Prophet Isaiah , [1800?]
Etching in colour
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Tommaso Piroli
The Libyan Sibyl, [1800?]
Etching in colour
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Tommaso Piroli
The Persian Sibyl , [1800?]
Etching in colour
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Tommaso Piroli
The Erythraean Sibyl, [1800?]
Etching in colour
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Tommaso Piroli
The Prophet Zechariah, [1800?]
Etching in colour
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Tommaso Piroli
The Prophet Jonah , [1800?]
Etching in colour
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Tommaso Piroli
Title-page, [1800?]
Etching
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Sir William Hamilton
The Meidias Hydria: The rape of the daughter of Leucippus by the Dioscuri, Castor and Pollux, attic hydria (colour plate)
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Sir William Hamilton
Vulcan presents arms to Thetis
Etching with hand colouring
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Sir William Hamilton
Colour plate of bearded Dionysus, seated, and Pan, taken from an attic lekythos
Etching with hand colouring
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Sir William Hamilton
Colour plate of woman's head with cap, from a campanian hydria
Etching with hand colouring and highlights in white lead
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Sir William Hamilton
Colour plate of two syrens, from black figured alabastron
Etching with hand colouring
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Sir William Hamilton
Colour plate of youth with spears pursuing a woman
Etching with hand colouring
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Sir William Hamilton
Colour plate of an arming scene, from a lucanian bell krater
Etching with hand colouring
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Sir William Hamilton
Colour plate of woman, Eros and youth, from an attic pelike
Etching with hand colouring
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Sir William Hamilton
Colour plate of Eros and two woman (possibly Aphrodite?)
Etching with hand colouring
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Sir William Hamilton
Colour plate of two lions fighting, from attic black figure lekythos
Etching with hand colouring
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Sir William Hamilton
Colour plate of two warriors fighting in front of two youths, from attic black figured lekythos
Etching with hand colouring
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Sir William Hamilton
Outline and profile of attic black figured lekythos
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Sir William Hamilton
Attic black figured lekythos showing two warriors fighting in front of two youths
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Sir William Hamilton
The Hamilton Vase: Colour plate of woman's head among plant motifs, from apulian volute krater
Etching with hand colouring and highlights in white lead
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Sir William Hamilton
The Hamilton Vase: Colour plate of youth in a temple, stele and eight youths
Etching with hand colouring and highlights in white lead
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Sir William Hamilton
The Hamilton Vase: Outline and profile of youth in a temple
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Sir William Hamilton
The Hamilton Vase: Outline and profile of apulian volute krater
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Sir William Hamilton
The Hamilton Vase: Apulian volute krater showing youth in a temple and other two figures
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Sir William Hamilton
Colour plate of Cadmos at Ares's well, from attic oinoche
Etching with hand colouring and highlights in white lead
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Sir William Hamilton
Colour plate of comic actor with torches, from campanian bell krater
Etching with hand colouring and highlights in white lead
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Sir William Hamilton
Colour plate of an owl, from a cotyle
Etching with hand colouring and highlights in white lead
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Sir William Hamilton
Colour plate of Dionysian group with satyrs and maenad, from attic bell krater
Etching with hand colouring and highlights in white lead
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Sir William Hamilton
Colour plate of woman's head, from campanian black figured leykythos
Etching with hand colouring and highlights in white lead
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Sir William Hamilton
Outline and profile of campanian black figured lekythos
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Sir William Hamilton
Campanian black figured lekythos showing woman's head
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Sir William Hamilton
Colour plate of Eos pursuing Kephalos, from attic kalyx krater
Etching with hand colouring
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Sir William Hamilton
Attic kalyx krater showing Eos pursuing Kephalos
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Sir William Hamilton
Outline and profile view of attic hydria
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Sir William Hamilton
Attic hydria showing Apollo, Eros and the Muses at their toilet
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Sir William Hamilton
Lucanian bell krater (left) and attic hydria (right)
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Sir William Hamilton
Colour plate of attic hydria showing two women playing ball
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Sir William Hamilton
The Hunt Krater: coloured plate showing three galloping horsemen
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Sir William Hamilton
The Hunt Krater: colour plate of boar hunt with five hunters
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Sir William Hamilton
The Hunt Krater: outlined view and profile
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Sir William Hamilton
The Hunt Krater: detailed view showing three galloping horsemen
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Sir William Hamilton
Of Sculpture and Painting
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Sir William Hamilton
Of Sculpture and Painting
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Sir William Hamilton
Of Architecture, Antiquity of the Tuscan Order
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Sir William Hamilton
Of Architecutre, Antiquity of the Tuscan Order
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Sir William Hamilton
Of the Origin of the Etruscans, and of their Letters
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Sir William Hamilton
Of the Origin of the Etruscans, and of their Letters
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Sir William Hamilton
Title page
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Sir William Hamilton
Title-page
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Sir William Hamilton
Preface
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Sir William Hamilton
Preface
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Tommaso Piroli
The Prophet Jeremiah, [1800?]
Etching in colour
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Attributed to Prince Hoare
Bust of a young woman, 1787
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Sir William Hamilton
Outline and profile of attic kalyx krater
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Sir William Hamilton
Colour plate of Apollo, Eros and the Muses at their toilet, from attic hydria
Etching with hand colouring and highlights in white lead
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Sir William Hamilton
Dedication to King George III
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After John Opie RA
Portrait of Prince Hoare, 1807
Stipple engraving
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Anthony Van Dyck
Portrait of Inigo Jones, c.1650
Line-engraving
Associated books
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Prince Hoare
Academic correspondence 1803, containing extracts, No. II., from a correspondence with the Academies of Vienna & St. Petersburg, on the present cultivation of the arts of painting, sculpture, and architecture; a summary report of the transactions of the Royal Academy of London, from the close of the Exhibition 1802, to the same period, 1803, and a description of public monuments, voted by the Parliament of Great Britain, to the memory of distinguished naval and military officers since the year 1798. Published by desire of the Academy, by Prince Hoare, Member of the Academie of Florence, and Cortona, and Secretary for Foreign Correspondence to the Royal Academy of London. - London: 1804
15/3648
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Prince Hoare
Academic annals of painting sculpture & architecture ; published by authority of the Royal Academy of Arts, 1805-6, 1807, 1808-9 ; collected and arranged by Prince Hoare, Secretary for Foreign Correspondence to The Royal Academy - London: 1809
15/3639
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Prince Hoare
Academic annals : published by authority of the Royal Academy of Arts 1803 ; collected and arranged by Prince Hoare, Secretary for Foreign Correspondence to the Royal Academy - London: 1805
15/3585
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Prince Hoare
Academic annals : published by authority of the Royal Academy of Arts 1801-2 ; collected and arranged by Prince Hoare, Secretary for Foreign Correspondence to the Royal Academy - London: 1805
15/3573
Associated archives
21 results
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James Northcote, [Venice], to Saml. Northcote, Plymouth, Devonshire, England
24 Jan 1780
Item NOR/56
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[James Northcote], Florence, to Saml. Northcote, Plymouth , devonshire, England
20 Sep 1779
Item NOR/53
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[James Northcote], Rome, to Saml. Northcote, Plymouth, Devonshire, England
26 Dec 1778
Item NOR/48
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James Northcote, Rome, to Mr. [Samuel] Northcote, Plymouth, Devonshire, England
27 Feb 1778
Item NOR/41