Sarah Hoare
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| Intro | Author and artist | |
| was | Illustrator Botanical illustrator | |
| Work field | Arts Creativity Science | |
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| Birth | 1777, Bristol | |
| Death | 1856Bath (aged 79 years) |
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Biography
Sarah Hoare (1777–1856) was a British author and artist known for her scientific poetry.
Work
Hoare was born in Bristol to Samuel and Hannah Sterry Hoare.
In 1831 she wrote and illustrated Poems on Conchology and Botany. Hoare's book is an early example of a female Victorian author using observations and scientifically based research to inform her writing. Hoare's poems are a rare example of a collection based on conchology. It has been argued that Hoare and her contemporaries were influenced by the writings of Erasmus Darwin and in particular by his poem The Loves of Plants.
Calla aethiopica by Sarah Hoare
Hoare was also an artist. The National Portrait Gallery holds a portrait of her father Samuel Hoare based on an original work by her.
She died in Bath in 1856.
Family
Hoare was the daughter of Samuel Hoare Jr and wrote a memoir of his life that was posthumously published in 1911.