[Bookplate of Charles Hoare.] Cha.s Hoare [in image].
T. Holloway Sculp.t.
[n.d., c.1821.]
Rare stipple & etching. 230 x 175mm (9 x 7"), with large margins.
A female figure looking at a monument with a bust, an armorial with a double-headed eagle and star, and a Latin inscription 'Tendit in Ardua Virtus'. The bookplate of Charles Hoare (1767-1851), Senior Partner of the banking firm of C. Hoare & Co. He commissioned John Nash to design his rural retreat, Luscombe Castle near Dawlish, in 1800.
[Ref: 58774] £150.00
[n.d., c.1821.]
Rare stipple & etching. 230 x 175mm (9 x 7"), with large margins.
A female figure looking at a monument with a bust, an armorial with a double-headed eagle and star, and a Latin inscription 'Tendit in Ardua Virtus'. The bookplate of Charles Hoare (1767-1851), Senior Partner of the banking firm of C. Hoare & Co. He commissioned John Nash to design his rural retreat, Luscombe Castle near Dawlish, in 1800.
[Ref: 58774] £150.00