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Hope & Co.
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Hope & Co. was a Dutch bank that existed for two and a half centuries. The bank was located in Amsterdam until 1795; originally it concentrated on Great Britain. In the second half of the 18th century
Offices of Hope & Co. on Keizersgracht in Amsterdam
Offices of Hope & Co. on Keizersgracht in Amsterdam
Portrait of Adrian Hope by Cosmo Alexander (1763)
Portrait of Adrian Hope by Cosmo Alexander (1763)
Henry Hope in 1788, mezzotint by Charles Howard Hodges after a now-lost painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds.
Henry Hope in 1788, mezzotint by Charles Howard Hodges after a now-lost painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds.
John Williams Hope (1757–1813), (Richard Cosway, 1796).
John Williams Hope (1757–1813), (Richard Cosway, 1796).
Henry Hope
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Henry Hope was an Amsterdam merchant banker born in Braintree, Province of Massachusetts Bay. He emigrated to the Netherlands to join the family business, the Dutch bank Hope & Co., at a young age. Fr
Hope & Co.
…cost of more than one million guilders. There is no doubt that they intended to flood the North American market. In 1762 when Jan (John) and his nephew Henry Hope (1736–1811) joined Hopes, the name was changed to Hope & Co and a new era began. From that time the firm concentrated on banking. They expanded the…
Offices of Hope & Co. for more than a century: Keizersgracht 444-446 Amsterdam (the white building on the right). The brown building on the left is 44
Offices of Hope & Co. for more than a century: Keizersgracht 444-446 Amsterdam (the white building on the right). The brown building on the left is 448, the private residence of Henry Hope. In the 1770s the bell gables of these three buildings were remodelled in the style of the times and crowned in the center with the Hope family shield. Rijksmonument status since 1970
Front of Villa Welgelegen on the Paviljoenslaan, Haarlem
Front of Villa Welgelegen on the Paviljoenslaan, Haarlem
Everhard Jabach and his family, owned by Henry Hope since 1792.
Everhard Jabach and his family, owned by Henry Hope since 1792.