Metalwork Design
ca. 1814
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Sheet of sketch drawings of figures scenes in curving compartments, by Thomas Stothard (1755- 1834), probably circa 1814.
On the recto six scenes and details including a battle and a male figure carried in triumph.
On the verso three scenes and details including a male figure carrying a scroll and a drawing of a leaf.
Plan, less than full size.
Plan, less than full size.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Pencil, pen and ink and pencil on wove paper. |
| Brief description | Sketch designs for the border of the Wellington shield made in silver, by Thomas Stothard (1755- 1834), probably circa 1814. |
| Physical description | Sheet of sketch drawings of figures scenes in curving compartments, by Thomas Stothard (1755- 1834), probably circa 1814.
On the recto six scenes and details including a battle and a male figure carried in triumph.
On the verso three scenes and details including a male figure carrying a scroll and a drawing of a leaf. Plan, less than full size. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Inscribed on the verso in ink: "At Vimieira/ Junot/ Kellerman/ Laborde/ J H Dalrimple/ J H Bussard/ G Wellington/ Hill/ Hope/ Moore" |
| Object history | This sheet shows very early sketch designs for the border compartments of the Wellington Shield, one of which appers in a preliminary design for the shield (E.1221-1921).
The inscription relates to the battle of Vimiera in 1808 which is shown in a compartment in the shield. The silver gilt Wellington Shield, now in the Wellington Museum, was presented in 1821 to the Duke of Wellington by the Merchants and Bankers of the City of London. It was made by Benjamin Smith for Green, Ward and Green. Stothard won a competition for its design in 1814. The shield as made has ten outer compartments. A preliminary design for the shield (E.1221-1921) has twelve outer compartments and was probably the initial design presented in 1814. Bequeathed by Henry Herbert Harrod. |
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| 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.
Peter Fuhring, Design into Art, Drawings for Architecture and Ornament, The Lodewijk Houthakker Collection, Philip Wilson, 1989. |
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| Accession number | 9241:41 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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