Thomas Stothard
Thomas Stothard
Early life
Stothard was born in London, the son of a well-to-do innkeeper in
Career
In 1778 Stothard became a student of the
From 1786,
He designed plates for pocket-books, tickets for concerts, illustrations to almanacs, and portraits of popular actors. These are popular with collectors for their grace and distinction. His more important works include illustrations for:
- Two sets for Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe, one for the New Magazine and one for Stockdale's edition
- John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress (1788)
- Harding's edition of Oliver Goldsmith's The Vicar of Wakefield (1792)
- Alexander Pope's The Rape of the Lock (1798)
- The works of the Swiss poet Salomon Gessner (1802)
- William Cowper's Poems (1825)
- Giovanni Boccaccio's The Decameron
His figure-subjects in Samuel Rogers's Italy (1830) and Poems (1834) demonstrate that even in old age, his imagination remained fertile and his hand firm.
Art historian
In addition to his easel pictures, Stothard decorated the grand staircase of
Personal life
Stothard married Rebecca Watkins (d. 1825) in 1783. They had eleven children, of whom six – five sons and one daughter – survived infancy.[3] They lived in Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, until 1794, when they moved to a house at 28 Newman Street, Fitzrovia of which Stothard had bought the freehold.[4] His wife died in 1825.[5] His sons included Thomas, accidentally shot dead in about 1801;[6] the antiquarian illustrator Charles Alfred Stothard, who also predeceased his father;[7] and Alfred Joseph Stothard, medallist to George IV.[8]
Stothard died on 27 April 1834, and was buried in Bunhill Fields burial ground in north London.[9]
In literature
Stothard's painting of
Notes
- ^ a b Chisholm 1911
- ^ Coxhead 1906, p.12
- ^ Coxhead 1906, p.6
- ^ Coxhead 1906, p.8
- ^ Coxhead 1906, p.15
- ^ Coxhead 1906, p.10
- ^ Coxhead 1906, p.14
- ^ Coxhead 1906, p.18
- ^ Jones, J. A., ed. (1849). Bunhill Memorials: sacred reminiscences of three hundred ministers and other persons of note, who are buried in Bunhill Fields, of every denomination. London: James Paul. p. 358.
- ^ Landon, Letitia Elizabeth (1823). "Original poetry". Literary Gazette, 1823. The Proprietors, Literary Gazette Office, Strand. p. 507.
- ^ Landon, Letitia Elizabeth (1827). "The Fairy Queen Sleeping". The Troubadour, 1825. Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green. p. 269.
References
- Coxhead, Albert Crease (1906), Thomas Stothard, R.A., an Illustrated Monograph, London: A.H. Bullen – Contains a short biographical chapter, and an accurately dated summary of the various books and periodicals illustrated by Stothard.
- Attribution
- public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Stothard, Thomas". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 25 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 970–971. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
Further reading
- Bray, Anna Elizabeth. Life of Thomas Stothard, R. A., with personal reminiscences: Volume 1, Volume 2 (London, J. Murray, 1851).
- Dobson, Austin. Eighteenth Century Vignettes, volume 1 (London: Chatto & Windus, 1892).
- Dictionary of National Biography. 1885–1900. .
External links
- 74 artworks by or after Thomas Stothard at the Art UK site
- Thomas Stothard online
- Works by Stothard (Government Art Collection)
- Paintings by Thomas Stothard (Bridgeman Art Library)
- Home. An engraving by Charles Heath of a painting by Stothard made for Friendship's Offering, 1825 with illustrative verse by Letitia Elizabeth Landon.
- Sans Souci. An engraving by Robert Brandard of a painting by Stothard made for The Bijou annual for 1828 with illustrative verse by Letitia Elizabeth Landon.
- Cottage Courtship. An engraving by Edward Smith of Stothard's painting for Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1835, with a poetical illustration by Letitia Elizabeth Landon.