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Study for a plate from The Triumphs of Temper, in the 1796 Royal Engagements Pocket Book

Thomas Stothard

c. 1795

Study for a plate from The Triumphs of Temper, in the 1796 Royal Engagements Pocket Book by Thomas Stothard

Medium

Ink wash on paper

Dimensions

2.5 × 5 cm (1 × 2 in.)

Classification

ink or chalk wash

Department

Prints and Drawings

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Accession Number

43052

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,...

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