See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

THOMAS See also:

• HOPE, ANTHONY
• THOMAS HOPE (c. 1770-1831)

HOPE (c. 1770-1831)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• ART

art-See also:

• COLLECTOR

collector, and author of See also:

• ANASTASIUS

Anastasius, See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• LONDON

London about 1770, was the eldest son of See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• HOPE, ANTHONY
• HOPE, THOMAS (c. 1770-1831)

Hope of See also:

• AMSTERDAM
• AMSTERDAM (NEw AMSTERDAM)

Amsterdam, and was descended from a See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of an old Scottish See also:

• FAMILY

family who for several generations were extensive merchants in London and Amsterdam . About the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of eighteen he started on a tour through various parts of See also:

• EUROPE

Europe, See also:

• ASIA

Asia and See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa, where he interested himself especially in See also:

• ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

architecture and See also:

• SCULPTURE
• SCULPTURE (Lat. sculptura, from sculpere, to carve, cognate with Gr. yXb4ew)

sculpture, making a large collection of the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

• OBJECTS

objects which attracted his See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention . On his return to London about 1796 he See also:

• PURCHASED

purchased a See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house in Duchess See also:

• STREET
• STREET, GEORGE EDMUND (1824-1881)

Street, See also:

• CAVENDISH
• CAVENDISH, GEORGE (1500-1562?)
• CAVENDISH, HENRY (1731-1810)
• CAVENDISH, SIR WILLIAM (c. 1505-1557)

Cavendish Square, which he fitted up in a very elaborate See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style, from drawings made by himself . In 1807 he published sketches of his See also:

• FURNITURE (from " furnish," Fr. fournir)

furniture, accompanied by letterpress, in a See also:

• FOLIO (properly the ablative case of the Lat. folium, leaf, but also frequently an adaptation of the Ital. foglio)

folio See also:

• VOLUME

volume, entitled See also:

• HOUSEHOLD, ROYAL

Household Furniture and Interior Decoration, which had considerable See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence in effecting a See also:

• CHANGE (derived through the Fr. from the Late Lat. cambium, cambiare, to barter; the ultimate derivation is probably from the root which appears in the Gr. «a urmu', to bend)

change in the upholstery and interior decoration of houses, notwithstanding that See also:

• BYRON, GEORGE GORDON BYRON, 6TH BARON (1788-1824)
• BYRON, HENRY JAMES (1834-1884)
• BYRON, HON
• BYRON, JOHN BYRON

Byron had referred scornfully to him as " House-furnisher withal, one See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas hight." Hope's furniture designs were in that pseudo-classical manner which is generally called " English See also:

• EMPIRE

Empire." It was sometimes extravagant, and often heavy, but was much more restrained than the wilder and later flights of See also:

• SHERATON, THOMAS (c. 1751-1806)

Sheraton in this style . At the best, however, it was a not very inspiring mixture of See also:

• EGYPTIAN

Egyptian and See also:

• ROMAN

Roman motives . In 1800 he published the Costumes of the Ancients, and in 1812 Designs of See also:

• MODERN

Modern Costumes, See also:

• WORKS

works which display. a large amount of antiquarian See also:

• RESEARCH (O. Fr. recerche, from recercher, re- and cercer, mod. chercher, to search; Late Lat. circare, to go round in a circle, to explore)

research . He was also, as his See also:

• FATHER

father had been—the See also:

• ELDER (0. Eng. ellarn; Ger. Holunder; Fr. sureau)
• ELDER (Gr. 1rpev(3iTepos)

elder Hope's See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country house near See also:

• HAARLEM

Haarlem was crowded with See also:

• FINE

fine pictures—a munificent See also:

• PATRON

patron of the highest forms of art, and both at his London house and his country seat at Deepdene near See also:

• DORKING

Dorking he formed large collections of paintings, sculpture and antiques . Deepdene in his See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day became a famous resort of men of letters as well as of See also:

• PEOPLE

people of See also:

• FASHION (adapted from Fr. facon, agon, Lat. factio, making, facere, to do or make)

fashion, and among the luxuries suggested by his fine See also:

• TASTE (from Lat. taxare, to touch sharply; tangere, to touch)

taste was a See also:

• MINIATURE

miniature library in several See also:

• LANGUAGES

languages in each bedroom . Thorvaldsen, the Danish sculptor, was indebted to him for the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early recognition of his talents, and he also gave frequent employment to See also:

• CHANTREY, SIR FRANCIS LEGATT (1782-1841)

Chantrey and See also:

• FLAXMAN, JOHN (1755-1826)

Flaxman—it was to his See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order that the latter illustrated See also:

• DANTE

Dante . In 1819 he published anonymously his novel Anastasius, or See also:

• MEMOIRS

Memoirs of a Modern See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek, written at the See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close of the 18th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, a See also:

• WORK

work which, chiefly on See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of the novel See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character of its subject, caused a See also:

• GREAT

great sensation . It was at first generally attributed to See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord Byron, who told See also:

• LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

Lady See also:

• BLESSINGTON, MARGUERITE, COUNTESS OF (1789-1849)

Blessington that he wept bitterly on See also:

• READING

reading it because he had not written it and Hope had . But, though remarkable for the acquaintance it displays with Eastern See also:

• LIFE

life, and distinguished by considerable imaginative vigour and much graphic and picturesque description, its paradoxes are not so striking as those of Lord Byron; and, notwithstanding some eloquent and forcible passages, the only See also:

• REASON (Lat. ratio, through French raison)

reason which warranted its ascription to him was the See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general type of character to which its See also:

• HERO (Gr. open)
• HERO, THE YOUNGER

hero belonged .

Hope died on the 3rd of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1831 . He was the author of two works published posthumously—the Origin and Prospects of Han (1831), in which his speculations diverged widely from the usual orthodox opinions, and an See also:

• HISTORICAL

Historical See also:

• ESSAY, ESSAYIST (Fr. essai, Late Lat. exagium, a weighing or balance; exigere, to examine; the term in general meaning any trial or effort)

Essay on Archi- tecture (1835), an elaborate description of the architecture of the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle ages, illustrated by drawings made by himself in See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy and See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany . He is commonly known in literature as " Anastasius " Hope . He married (18o6) Louisa de la Poer See also:

• BERESFORD, JOHN (1738-1805)
• BERESFORD, LORD CHARLES WILLIAM DE LA POER (1846- )
• BERESFORD, WILLIAM CARR BERESFORD, VISCOUNT (1768–1854)

Beresford, daughter of Lord Decies, See also:

• ARCHBISHOP (Lat. archiepiscopus, from Gr. apxceatorcoros)

archbishop of See also:

• TUAM

Tuam .