William Hoare of Bath, R.A. (Eye 1707-1799 Bath)

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BRITISH WATERCOLOURS 1700 - 1900 (LOTS 107-185) WILLIAM HOARE OF BATH, R.A. (1707-1799) LOTS 107 - 110 William Hoare was one of the most fashionable portraitists of the day and a founding member of the Royal Academy, with his contemporaries Sir Joshua Reynolds and Thomas Gainsborough. He studied firstly in London under Guiseppe Grisoni (1699-1769) and then in Rome, under the tutelage of Francesco 'Imperiali' Ferdinandi (1769-1740). Returning to London in 1737, Hoare finally settled in Bath in 1738, where he remained the leading portraitist until the arrival of Thomas Gainsborough in 1759. During this time, he obtained numerous commissions from some of the leading social and political figures of the day, including George Frederic Handel, Robert Walpole and William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham. By way of contrast to his formal portraiture, Hoare executed numerous delightful and informal drawings of his family which are loosely executed on small sheets of paper and often in red chalk with pencil. It is not known when the drawings were acquired by Sir Henry Duff Gordon (1866-1953).

William Hoare of Bath, R.A. (Eye 1707-1799 Bath)

Study of a young academic, half-length, in profile to the left, seated at a desk; and Study of a seated lady (both illustrated)

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William Hoare of Bath, R.A. (Eye 1707-1799 Bath)
Study of a young academic, half-length, in profile to the left, seated at a desk; and Study of a seated lady (both illustrated)
red crayon, the first with pencil, on paper, unframed
4½ x 6 1/8 in. (11.4 x 15.5 cm.); and four unframed studies of gentlemen in various attitudes; an unframed drawing of a seated lady writing at a desk; and a framed drawing of a lady, all by the same hand (8)

Provenance

Sir Henry Duff Gordon.

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