Portrait of Susan, Mrs Henry Hoare of Stourhead (d.1743) by William Hoare of Bath

William Hoare of Bath R.A.
Portrait of Susan, Mrs Henry Hoare of Stourhead (d.1743)
later inscribed, verso: Mrs. Hoare Mother to Susanna / Countefs of Ailesbury
oil on canvas

The sitter was the daughter and heiress of Stephen Colt, and in 1728, married Henry Hoare of Stourhead as his second wife. Their eldest daughter, Susanna, married Thomas, 1st Earl of Ailesbury.