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Drawing

1812
Artist/Maker
Stothard, Thomas RA (Maker, Designer)
Place of origin
England

A drawing of the centre of a silver gilt tray, by Thomas Stothard (1755- 1834), circa 1812.
It shows the triumph of Bacchus and Ariadne drawn in a chariot drawn by centuries, against an octagonal background.
Plan, full size 337x 374 mm


Object details

Categories
Silver
Silver Designs
English
Designs
Object type
Drawing
Materials and techniques
Pencil, pen and ink and brown wash on laid paper
Brief description
Design for the centre of a silver gilt tray, by Thomas Stothard (1755- 1834), circa 1813.
Physical description
A drawing of the centre of a silver gilt tray, by Thomas Stothard (1755- 1834), circa 1812.
It shows the triumph of Bacchus and Ariadne drawn in a chariot drawn by centuries, against an octagonal background.
Plan, full size 337x 374 mm
Dimensions
  • Height: 337mm
  • Width: 374mm (Note: Sight size)
Style
Neoclassical
Object history
A sketch design in Tate (T09987) is for the figures in this composition, shown in the centre of an oval tray with a border of bacchic subjects. A tray to this design in the Royal Collection was made in 1812-13 but lacking this central composition (RCIN 50837).A pair of sideboard dishes, hallmarked 1813-14, marked by Paul Storr, were made with this design in the center (The Glory of the Goldsmith: Magnificent Gold and Silver from the Al-Tajir Collection, London, 1989, fig. 141, pp. 182-183.). For a related tray with a bacchic border, see 55-1873. The horizontal format of this drawing suggests that it is for the tray. An octagonal drawing in the British Museum of the same composition in a regular format is probably for the sideboard dish (1900,0824.448). The composition is taken from an antique Roman cameo discovered in Via Aurelia in 1661. This was engraved by F. Buonarotti in 1698 and included in Bernard de Montfaucon's 'L’Antiquité expliquée' of 1719. It is now in the Louvre Museum. Bought from H. Graves in 1857 for 21 pounds. The register records it was "In a gilt frame much damaged".
Bibliographic reference
S. M. Bennet, Thomas Stothard : The Mechanisms of Art Patronage in England circa 1800, 1988. A. Bray, Life of Thomas Stothard, R.A., 1851 A. C. Coxhead, Thomas Stothard, R.A.; An Illustrated Monograph, 1906. The Glory of the Goldsmith: Magnificent Gold and Silver from the Al-Tajir Collection, London, 1989, fig. 141, pp. 182-183 C. Hartop, Art in Industry, The Silver of Paul Storr, 2015, pp.62-65.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
124

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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