Museum buyer
Robert Hoe
fl. 1871–1883 · United States
American museum buyer, active 1871–1883. Worked with Roosevelt.
Life and work
- 1876After the sale of the second (Curium) collection to the Museum, Hoe had second thoughts about the price paid and wrote to Cesnola; Cesnola, through Hiram Hitchcock, offered to annul the sale rather than know any Trustee discontented. Hoe later telegraphed Cesnola advising him to insure the Curium Collection.
New YorkMarangou 2000, pp. 130-131
- 1876Named as a signatory (with Roosevelt, Johnston, Potter) of a telegram to Cesnola: 'Sum required nearly secured. Miss Wolfe giving $10,000'; an earlier telegram from 'R. Hoe (a trustee of the Metropolitan)' read 'Delay negotiations with London'.
New YorkMarangou 2000, p. 279
- by 1882Named, in the account of Charles Henkel's testimony about the Central Park museum, among the Directors who witnessed restoration work by Balliard on Cesnola sculptures: 'Messrs. Prime, Hoe, Bryant, Johnstone, and Dodge, members of the Board of Directors'.
- December 1883Named in Cesnola's cross-examination as 'Mr. Hoe, Jr.', one of the trustees (with Prime, Johnston, Weston and Rhinelander) active alongside Russell Sturgis in the Fourteenth Street building arrangements, in the passage leading to Gehlen's repairs.
New YorkThe End of the… 1884, p. 97
Connections
3 peopleSales, gifts & bequests
- Bought from Luigi Palma di Cesnolaprobably1871–1876
Colleagues & contacts
- Connected with Hiram Hitchcock1876
- Worked with Roosevelt1876
Sources
- 1.A. G. Marangou (ed.) (2000). The Consul Luigi Palma di Cesnola 1832-1904: Life and Deeds.
- 2. (1883). “The Feuardent-Cesnola Trial”. The Art Amateur 10, 23-24. Online
- 3. (1884). “The End of the Feuardent-Cesnola Trial”. The Art Amateur 10, 96-97. Online