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 Tour in Ireland, A.D. 1806,’ London, 1807, 8vo. A tour of interest to the general reader, as well as to the antiquary. 5. ‘A Tour through the Isle of Elba. Illustrated by Views of the most interesting Scenery, drawn from Nature, by Sir R. C. Hoare and John Smith,’ London, 1814, 4to. 6. ‘Hints to Travellers in Italy,’ London, 1815, 12mo. 7. ‘A Catalogue of Books relating to the History and Topography of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland … at Stourhead in Wiltshire,’ London, 1815, 8vo. 8. ‘Journal of the Shrievalty of Richard Hoare, esq. [sheriff of London and Middlesex], in 1740–1, printed from a manuscript in his own handwriting,’ Bath, 1815, 4to. 9. ‘Recollections Abroad; Journals of Tours on the Continent between 1785 and 1791,’ 4 vols., Bath, 1817, 8vo. 10. ‘A Classical Tour through Italy and Sicily, tending to illustrate some Districts which have not been described by Mr. Eustace in his Classical Tour,’ London, 1819, 4to; 2 vols., London, 1819, 8vo. 11. ‘Pedigrees and Memoirs of the Families of Hore, of Rishford, com. Devon; Hoare, of Walton, com. Bucks; Hoare, of London, com. Middlesex; Hoare, of Mitcham, com. Surrey; Hoare, of Stourton, com. Wilts; Hoare, of Barn-Elms, com. Surrey; Hoare, of Boreham, com. Essex,’ 1819, 4to, with nine portraits. 12. ‘Monasticon Wiltunense: containing a List of the Religious Houses in North and South Wiltshire; compiled chiefly from Bishop Tanner's Notitia Monastica,’ Shaftesbury, 1821, fol. 13. ‘Hungerfordiana; or, Memoirs of the Family of Hungerford,’ 1823, 8vo. 14. ‘Monastic Remains of the Religious Houses at Witham, Bruton, and Stavordale, com. Somerset,’ Frome, 1824, 4to. 15. ‘Registrum Wiltunense, Saxonicum et Latinum, in Museo Britannico asservatum, ab anno Regis Alfredi 892, ad annum regis Edwardi 1045. Nunc demum notis illustraverunt J. Ingram, S.A.S., Sharon Turner, S.A.S., T. D. Fosbroke, S.A.S., Thomas Phillipps, Bart., S.A.S., Richard Colt Hoare,Bart., S.A.S. Sumptibus R. C. Hoare. Typis Nicholsianis, 100 exemplaria impressa,’ London, 1827, fol. 16. ‘Treatise on the antient Roman Town of Camulodunum, now Colchester, in Essex,’ Shaftesbury, 1827, 8vo. In answer to the Rev. John Skinner, who fixed that Roman station at Camerton, Somersetshire. 17. ‘Tumuli Wiltunenses; a Guide to the Barrows on the Plains of Stonehenge,’ Shaftesbury, 1829, 8vo. 18. ‘The Pitney Pavements, discovered by Samuel Hasell, esq., of Littleton, A.D. 1828, and illustrated, with his Notes, by Sir R. C. Hoare,’ Frome, 1831, 8vo, reprinted for sale in 1832. 19. ‘Catalogue of the Hoare Library at Stourhead, co. Wilts. To which are added, An Account of the Museum of British Antiquities, a Catalogue of the Paintings and Drawings, and a Description of the Mansion,’ London, 1840, 8vo, pp. 780. Privately printed. Edited by J. B. Nichols. At pp. 543, 544 is an account of the numerous large drawings made by Hoare on the continent. They number in all about nine hundred drawings either by his own hands or copied by superior artists from his sketches, and they are wonderful proof of his taste and perseverance. The ‘Chronicon Vilodunense: sive de Vitâ et Miraculis Sanctæ Edithæ Regis Edgari filiæ carmen vetus Anglicum’ was first published and edited by William Henry Black [q. v.] at Hoare's expense, London, 1830, fol. One hundred copies printed.

An engraving by H. Meyer of his portrait, painted by H. Edridge, A.R.A., is in the ‘Pedigrees of the Families of Hoare,’ and in vol. i. of the ‘History of Modern Wiltshire.’ 

HOARE, WILLIAM (1707?–1792), known as ‘Hoare of Bath,’ portrait-painter, was born, according to his son's account, about 1707 at Eye in Suffolk, but more probably, as his name does not occur in the church register of that place, in some neighbouring parish. His father was a prosperous farmer, and he received an excellent education at a school of some repute at Faringdon in Berkshire, where he developed so great a talent for drawing that he was allowed to adopt art as a profession. He was placed under Grisoni, an Italian artist then resident in London, at whose suggestion he proceeded to Rome to complete his studies. He is said to have been the first English artist who visited Rome for this purpose. There he lodged with Scheemakers the sculptor, and his pupil Delvaux, whose acquaintance he had made in England, and entered the school of Francesco Fernandi, called ‘d'Imperiali,’ an historical painter. Pompeo Batoni, with whom he formed a lifelong friendship, was his fellow-pupil. His father was ruined by the South Sea scheme, and young Hoare soon found himself thrown on his own resources. To maintain himself he made copies of famous masterpieces, which he executed skilfully,