Thomas Stothard

A Sea Fight. A Cutter Attacking a Man of War

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Artist: Thomas Stothard 1755–1834
Medium: Watercolour and ink on paper
Dimensions: Support: 99 × 127 mm
Collection: Tate
Acquisition: Purchased as part of the Oppé Collection with assistance from the National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund 1996
Reference: T09927

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Thomas Stothard Design for R. Pollard’s ‘The Peerage of Great Britain and Ireland’; Matthew de Johnson Defeating the Earl of Douglas and Taking his Brother the Earl of Ormond Prisoner: A Border of Fighting Figures. Verso: Similar Design, Flanked by a Standing Female

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Thomas Stothard Design for R. Pollard’s ‘The Peerage of Great Britain and Ireland’; Matthew de Johnson Defeating the Earl of Douglas and Taking his Brother the Earl of Ormond Prisoner: Studies of Fighting Men

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Thomas Stothard Study Connected with J. Ritson’s ‘Caledonian Muse’: Men with Spears, Fighting. Verso: Sketch

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Thomas Stothard Design for R. Pollard’s ‘The Peerage of Great Britain and Ireland’; Matthew de Johnson Defeating the Earl of Douglas and Taking his Brother the Earl of Ormond Prisoner: Studies of Fighting Men, Maidens with Shields, Recumbent Figures

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Attributed to Thomas Stothard A Knight About to Slay a Maiden

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Thomas Stothard Illustration to Bell’s ‘Poets’, Scene in Medallion with Cartouches, Etc. Above and Below

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Joseph Mallord William Turner The Battle of Trafalgar, as Seen from the Mizen Starboard Shrouds of the Victory

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Thomas Stothard Design for R. Pollard’s ‘The Peerage of Great Britain and Ireland’; Matthew de Johnson Defeating the Earl of Douglas and Taking his Brother the Earl of Ormond Prisoner: Studies of Fighting Men, Details

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Thomas Stothard Sketches ?for an Illustration for the ‘Surrender of Calais’: A Massacre. Verso: Group of Figures in Contemporary Dress

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Thomas Rowlandson The Halt by a Hill

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Attributed to Richard Corbould Invasion of Britain by the Romans

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Thomas Stothard Study Connected with J. Ritson’s ‘Caledonian Muse’: A Group of Nude Fighting Men. Verso: Various Studies Including a Group Seated round a Table

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Thomas Whitcombe The Battle of Camperdown

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Joseph Mallord William Turner A Three-Master Firing a Gun: Twilight, with a Crescent Moon and a Second Ship in the Distance

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A Sea Fight. A Cutter Attacking a Man of War

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Thomas Stothard The Sinking of a Man of War

Thomas Stothard Design for R. Pollard’s ‘The Peerage of Great Britain and Ireland’; Matthew de Johnson Defeating the Earl of Douglas and Taking his Brother the Earl of Ormond Prisoner: A Border of Fighting Figures. Verso: Similar Design, Flanked by a Standing Female

Thomas Stothard Design for R. Pollard’s ‘The Peerage of Great Britain and Ireland’; Matthew de Johnson Defeating the Earl of Douglas and Taking his Brother the Earl of Ormond Prisoner: Studies of Fighting Men

Thomas Stothard Study Connected with J. Ritson’s ‘Caledonian Muse’: Men with Spears, Fighting. Verso: Sketch

Thomas Stothard Design for R. Pollard’s ‘The Peerage of Great Britain and Ireland’; Matthew de Johnson Defeating the Earl of Douglas and Taking his Brother the Earl of Ormond Prisoner: Studies of Fighting Men, Maidens with Shields, Recumbent Figures

Attributed to Thomas Stothard A Knight About to Slay a Maiden

Thomas Stothard Illustration to Bell’s ‘Poets’, Scene in Medallion with Cartouches, Etc. Above and Below

Joseph Mallord William Turner The Battle of Trafalgar, as Seen from the Mizen Starboard Shrouds of the Victory

Thomas Stothard Design for R. Pollard’s ‘The Peerage of Great Britain and Ireland’; Matthew de Johnson Defeating the Earl of Douglas and Taking his Brother the Earl of Ormond Prisoner: Studies of Fighting Men, Details

Thomas Stothard Sketches ?for an Illustration for the ‘Surrender of Calais’: A Massacre. Verso: Group of Figures in Contemporary Dress

Thomas Rowlandson The Halt by a Hill

Attributed to Richard Corbould Invasion of Britain by the Romans

Thomas Stothard Study Connected with J. Ritson’s ‘Caledonian Muse’: A Group of Nude Fighting Men. Verso: Various Studies Including a Group Seated round a Table

Thomas Whitcombe The Battle of Camperdown

Joseph Mallord William Turner A Three-Master Firing a Gun: Twilight, with a Crescent Moon and a Second Ship in the Distance

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Thomas Stothard The Sinking of a Man of War

Thomas Stothard Design for R. Pollard’s ‘The Peerage of Great Britain and Ireland’; Matthew de Johnson Defeating the Earl of Douglas and Taking his Brother the Earl of Ormond Prisoner: A Border of Fighting Figures. Verso: Similar Design, Flanked by a Standing Female

Thomas Stothard Design for R. Pollard’s ‘The Peerage of Great Britain and Ireland’; Matthew de Johnson Defeating the Earl of Douglas and Taking his Brother the Earl of Ormond Prisoner: Studies of Fighting Men

Thomas Stothard Study Connected with J. Ritson’s ‘Caledonian Muse’: Men with Spears, Fighting. Verso: Sketch

Thomas Stothard Design for R. Pollard’s ‘The Peerage of Great Britain and Ireland’; Matthew de Johnson Defeating the Earl of Douglas and Taking his Brother the Earl of Ormond Prisoner: Studies of Fighting Men, Maidens with Shields, Recumbent Figures

Attributed to Thomas Stothard A Knight About to Slay a Maiden

Thomas Stothard Illustration to Bell’s ‘Poets’, Scene in Medallion with Cartouches, Etc. Above and Below

Joseph Mallord William Turner The Battle of Trafalgar, as Seen from the Mizen Starboard Shrouds of the Victory

Thomas Stothard Design for R. Pollard’s ‘The Peerage of Great Britain and Ireland’; Matthew de Johnson Defeating the Earl of Douglas and Taking his Brother the Earl of Ormond Prisoner: Studies of Fighting Men, Details

Thomas Stothard Sketches ?for an Illustration for the ‘Surrender of Calais’: A Massacre. Verso: Group of Figures in Contemporary Dress

Thomas Rowlandson The Halt by a Hill

Attributed to Richard Corbould Invasion of Britain by the Romans

Thomas Stothard Study Connected with J. Ritson’s ‘Caledonian Muse’: A Group of Nude Fighting Men. Verso: Various Studies Including a Group Seated round a Table

Thomas Whitcombe The Battle of Camperdown

Joseph Mallord William Turner A Three-Master Firing a Gun: Twilight, with a Crescent Moon and a Second Ship in the Distance

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