Prince Hoare (1755–1834), by Thomas Lawrence

Prince Hoare (1755 – 22 December 1834) was an English painter,

dramatist A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes plays. Etymology The word "play" is from Middle English pleye, from Old English plæġ, pleġa, plæġa ("play, exercise; sport, game; drama, applause"). The word "wright" is an archaic English ...

and

librettist A libretto (Italian for "booklet") is the text used in, or intended for, an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, oratorio, cantata or musical. The term ''libretto'' is also sometimes used to refer to the text of major litu ...

. "Prince" is a

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, not a royal title.

Life

Hoare was born in Bath, the son of painter

William Hoare William Hoare of Bath (c. 1707 – 12 December 1792) was a British portraitist, painter and printmaker. From c. 1740 to 1759, he was the leading oil portraitist at Bath, Somerset, until Thomas Gainsborough arrived in the town. Noted for his ...

and his wife. He was named 'Prince' after his father's brother, a sculptor. He studied art from an early age, and became well known as a painter of portraits and historical scenes. His sister Mary Hoare was also a noted painter. Later in his life, Hoare wrote 20 plays. He also compiled the
Memoirs of Granville Sharp
' (1820), based on the British

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's manuscripts, family documents and material from the African Institution, London.Hoare, Prince. ''Memoirs of Granville Sharp, Esq., Composed from his own Manuscripts and Other Authentic Documents in the Possession of his Family and of the African Institution London'', 2 vols. (1820, 2nd edn. 1828)

Selected works

* '' Indiscretion'' (1800)

Bibliography

*
Prince Hoare at Art UK
*

Notes

1755 births 1834 deaths 18th-century English painters 19th-century English painters 18th-century English male artists 19th-century English male artists 19th-century English dramatists and playwrights English male painters History painters English portrait painters Artists from Bath, Somerset English male dramatists and playwrights English librettists {{England-painter-stub