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Artist/Maker	Stothard, Thomas RA (artist)
Place of origin	England (drawn)

An illustration to Giovanni Boccaccio's 'The Decameron', canto i.; Philomena crowning Pampinea Queen for the day in the court of the palace and in the midst of their companions; Slightly drawn with the pen and tinted; This design is reversed in the 1825 engraving by Augustus Fox.

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Category	Drawings
Object type	Drawing
Materials and techniques	slightly drawn with the pen and tinted Paper Pen Drawing (Image-Making) Tinting
Brief description	Stothard, Thomas; An illustration to Boccaccio's 'The Decameron'; Philomena crowning Pampinea Queen for the day in the court of the palace; Slightly drawn with the pen and tinted; The design engraved in 1825 by Augustus Fox; English School; Mid 18th - early 19th century.
Physical description	An illustration to Giovanni Boccaccio's 'The Decameron', canto i.; Philomena crowning Pampinea Queen for the day in the court of the palace and in the midst of their companions; Slightly drawn with the pen and tinted; This design is reversed in the 1825 engraving by Augustus Fox.
Dimensions	Height: 10.4in Width: 7.8in Original measurements converted from fractional inches into decimal inches (rounded to one decimal place). Dimensions taken from: DYCE COLLECTION. A Catalogue of the Paintings, Miniatures, Drawings, Engravings, Rings and Miscellaneous Objects Bequeathed by The Reverend Alexander Dyce. London : South Kensington Museum, 1874.
Style	English School
Credit line	Bequeathed by Rev. Alexander Dyce
Object history	This design is reversed in the 1825 engraving by Augustus Fox.
Subjects depicted	People Crown Palace Philomena
Literary reference	Boccacci, Giovanni . <u>The Decameron</u>. ca. 1353. A collection of 100 novellas by the Italian author Giovanni Boccacci. It is a medieval allegorical work.
Bibliographic reference	DYCE COLLECTION. A Catalogue of the Paintings, Miniatures, Drawings, Engravings, Rings and Miscellaneous Objects Bequeathed by The Reverend Alexander Dyce. London : South Kensington Museum, 1874.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	DYCE.856

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Record created	November 12, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1140390/drawing-stothard-thomas-ra/

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