Stothard, Thomas, 1755-1834

Date: 1782

From: Various artists :[Eighteenth and nineteenth century English engravings and three sketches] [ca 1760-1860s]

By: Stothard, Thomas, 1755-1834; Heath, James, 1757-1834

Reference: E-126-q-015-1

Description: A book illustration (Plate II) with decorative border, showing a meal of nuts set out on a table in a forest, with a hermit offering a young woman a bottle of something to drink. Glued to album page. A pencil note beneath this drawing and another on the same page (E-126-q-004-2) states 'By Glover' Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, 175 x 115 mm Provenance: Donation: Mrs W. E. Clark, 30 May 1963.

Date: 1782

From: Various artists :[Eighteenth and nineteenth century English engravings and three sketches] [ca 1760-1860s]

By: Stothard, Thomas, 1755-1834; Blake, William, 1757-1827

Reference: E-126-q-015-2

Description: Scene in a town in Britain, with Launcelot Greaves on horseback, carrying a lance. There is commotion around him, with a fat man being carried on a litter on the left, being threatened with cudgels and the crutch of a one-legged man. Two other men on the right are wielding whips. The whole is designed as a book illustration with a decorative border. Glued to album page. Plate II from the same publication is on the same page at E-196-q-015-1 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, 174 x 115 mm Provenance: Donation: Mrs W. E. Clark, 30 May 1963.

Date: 1789

From: Various artists :[Profile, half- and full-portraits of Captain James Cook, including one of him as a young man, as well as a number of depictions of his death at Kealakekua Bay, Hawaii. 1759-1880, 1925]

By: Stothard, Thomas, 1755-1834; Cook, Thomas, 1744?-1818

Reference: A-451-013

Description: Shows an allegorical representation with a bust of Cook in the foreground, with three cupids playing around it. A female figure points up a hill in the scene to a temple of Fame. A number of books and scrolls are scattered on the ground, bearing the names J Caesar, Charles XII, and Alexander. Another female figure sits forlornly in the shadows. The scene is accompanied by a verse that reads: 'Sacred to Cook's immortal name, / The sculptur'd bust excites to fame. / And see! to Science'[s] lofty heights, / Philospohy, our Youth invites; / The Warrior's deeds her feet beneath, / Her meed a more illustrious wreath.' Referred to in: M K Beddie (ed) 'Bibliography of Captain James Cook R.N., F.R.S., circumnavigator' (Sydney: Library of New South Wales, 1970; 2nd ed), no. 2676 Other Titles - 'Sacred to Cook's immortal name[...]' Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Copper engraving, 150 x 95 mm, on sheet 210 x 128 mm Provenance: Purchase: Antipodean Books, Maps and Prints, New York, February 2012