Athena, or Britannia identified as Athena
Thomas Stothard
n.d.
Medium
Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash, over traces of graphite, on ivory wove paper, laid down on cream wove paper
Dimensions
15.1 × 5.8 cm (6 × 2 5/16 in.)
Classification
pen and ink drawings
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
83428
About the Artist
Thomas Stothard · 1755–1834
Thomas Stothard RA (1755–1834) was born on 17 August 1755 at the Black Horse Inn in London's Long Acre, the son of a prosperous publican originally from Stutton near Tadcaster. A delicate child, he was sent at age five to relatives in Yorkshire, attending schools in Acomb, Tadcaster, and later Ilford, Essex, where he honed his drawing skills by copying prints. Following his father's death in 1770,...