Hoare, Sir Richard Colt, 1758-1838 (2nd Baronet, historian and archaeologist)
Dates
- Existence: 1758 - 1838
Biography
Sir Richard Colt Hoare, 2nd Baronet (1758-1838), was born on 9 December 1758. He attended private schools, and at an early age began to work at the family banking-house. He obtained a position of financial independence with the help of an allowance received from his grandfather Henry Hoare, and established himself at Lincoln's Inn Fields, marrying in 1783. After the death of his wife in 1785, he embarked on tours of the continent. Hoare published works on his home county of Wiltshire, journals of his tours and a topographical catalogue of the British Isles. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society and of the Society of Antiquaries. He died at Stourhead on 19 May 1838.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Sir Richard Colt Hoare: Notes on paintings in Italy
Manuscript in the Sandars Collection. Two notebooks on paintings in Italy, bound together. I. Notes on paintings and other works of art in Rome (fos 1-62). The main description is on the rectos, the versos are generally occupied by additional notes. An entry on fo. 29 is dated 17 January 1787. II. Similar notes for Florence, Bologna and other towns in Northern Italy (fos 63-162). Fos 85-112, 158-162 and many of the versos are blank.
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