Base of Pilaster with Relief, with 2 Putti, Shield
Thomas Stothard
n.d.
Medium
Brush and brown ink and wash, over graphite, on ivory wove paper, tipped onto cream wove paper
Dimensions
10.9 × 14.6 cm (4 5/16 × 5 3/4 in.)
Classification
pen and ink drawings
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
85880
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,...