THOMAS STOTHARD, R.A. I9I 



in water colour or sepia, five pencil drawings 

 made for Tristram Shandy and The Sentimental 

 Journey, and six sketches. Of these works only 

 three fall within our purview, viz., " Tarn O'Shan- 

 ter" at full gallop on his mare, i2\ inches by 

 14^ inches, on canvas ; " John Gilpin " riding his 

 involuntary race with four men spurring after 

 him, on canvas; a companion picture to " Tam 

 O'Shanter" ; and " Sir Roger de Coverley and the 

 Gipsies." Sir Roger, leading his horse, is accosted 

 by the Fortune teller : panel 6| inches by 8 inches, 

 upright. These three works form items of the 

 Sheepshanks Gift. A fine collection of engravings 

 from his pictures, numbering nearly four thousand, 

 may be seen in the Print Room at the British 

 Museum. Numerous engravers of high standing 

 are responsible for plates from Stothard's designs. 

 Perhaps James Heath and Luke Clennell have 

 done the best justice to his works. 



Stothard married in 1 784 Rebecca, the daughter 

 of a Mr. Watkins, by whom he had several 

 children : his second son, Charles, inherited a 

 measure of his father's artistic talent and is known 

 as author of The Monumental Effigies of Gj^eat 

 Britain. A few years after his marriage Thomas 

 Stothard took up his residence in Newman Street ; 

 and there he died on the 27th of April, 1834, in 

 the seventy-ninth year of his age. He was buried 

 in Bunhill Fields. 



