Henry Hoare the Collector. A notice by John Harrison. The banker Henry Hoare (1705-1785) is perhaps best known for the extant eighteenth-century landscape garden at Stourhead in Wiltshire. However, Henry was also a prodigious collector of fine art and of artefacts purchased whilst on Grand Tour in 1739-1740. Probably the most famous example of his … Continue reading SHC Notice: Henry Hoare the Collector. A notice by John Harrison.
SHC: Re-interpreting an Eighteenth Century Collection: Henry Hoare the collector, a Roman statue, and a lost wife (16 July 2020, 6.30pm BST)
The Society for the History of Collecting Invites you to its third online lecture Re-interpreting an Eighteenth Century Collection: Henry Hoare the collector, a Roman statue, and a lost wife Prof. John Harrison 16 July, 2020 6.30pm BST Modern readings of the iconography in Henry Hoare’s eighteenth-century landscape garden at Stourhead in Wiltshire have typically … Continue reading SHC: Re-interpreting an Eighteenth Century Collection: Henry Hoare the collector, a Roman statue, and a lost wife (16 July 2020, 6.30pm BST)