Thomas Stothard

Design for Johnson’s ‘History of Rasselas’: Studies of Standing Figures and Similar Oriental Subjects. Verso: Sketches

1796

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Artist: Thomas Stothard 1755–1834
Medium: Graphite and ink on paper. Verso: graphite and ink on paper
Dimensions: Support: 217 x 281 mm
Collection: Tate
Acquisition: Purchased as part of the Oppé Collection with assistance from the National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund 1996
Reference: T10017

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Thomas Stothard

Design for Johnson’s ‘History of Rasselas’: Studies of Standing Figures and Similar Oriental Subjects. Verso: Sketches

1796

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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

Thomas Stothard Sketches ?for an Illustration for the ‘Surrender of Calais’: Standing Draped Male Figures. A Group of Women and Children. Seated Male Nudes ?from the Frieze of the Parthenon. Verso: Similar Standing and Seated Figures

Thomas Stothard Draped Standing Figures

Thomas Stothard A Sheet of Studies for a Design for a Frieze, or a Similar Subject

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Thomas Stothard Illustration to ‘Clarissa’: Three Sketches, Standing and Stooping Figures. Verso: Sketches

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