Thomas Stothard
1755-1834
Storming Badajoz (?). Verso: various sketches
7 1/16 x 8 15/16 inches (179 x 227 mm)
Pen and brown ink and wash, over black chalk, on paper; verso: pen and brown ink and graphite.
1977.36
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1895.
Notes
Watermark: W. Turner and Son.
Design for one of the Duke of Wellington's Shields.
Removed from the Library's copy of the 1858-60 English translation of Alexis Henri Brialmont's "History of the Life of Arthur, duke of Wellington", vol. VII, p. 169 (PML 7907).
Design for one of the Duke of Wellington's Shields.
Removed from the Library's copy of the 1858-60 English translation of Alexis Henri Brialmont's "History of the Life of Arthur, duke of Wellington", vol. VII, p. 169 (PML 7907).
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed in graphite at upper left, "No. 12"; at lower left, "From Wellesley / Coll:"; in a different hand, "Storming Badajoz (?)"; in same hand as first, "(One of Wellington Shield designs)"; at lower right, "Th. Stothard".
Associated names
Wellesley, Henry, 1791-1866, former owner.
Brialmont, Alexis Henri, 1821-1903, History of the life of Arthur, duke of Wellington.
Brialmont, Alexis Henri, 1821-1903, History of the life of Arthur, duke of Wellington.
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Century Drawings
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