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Biography:

Isaac Ware (1704-1766)

Ware was an English architect and translator of Italian Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio.

He was apprenticed to Thomas Ripley, 1 August 1721, and followed him in positions in the Office of Works, but his mentor in design was Lord Burlington. Ware was a member of the St. Martin’s Lane Academy, which brought together many of the main figures in the English Rococo movement, among them Louis François Roubiliac, who sculpted Ware’s portrait bust about 1741. Although he held various posts with the Office of Works between 1728 and his death, including Secretary, a position previously held by Nicholas Hawksmoor, Ware’s major works were for private patrons. cuted works”.