The Lost Apple

1803

Thomas Stothard

Associated Names
Thomas Stothard

Artist, British, 1755 - 1834

The image shows a woman standing in profile to the left. She is dressed in a flowing gown with an apron, and a bonnet covering her hair. She holds a round object close to her torso. Beside her, a child peeks over a doorway. There is a bench in front of the door. The background has swirling patterns resembling foliage, with a small patch of sky and a cloud to the right.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen-and-tusche lithograph

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 31.8 × 23.1 cm (12 1/2 × 9 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1947.7.136

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Man 1962, no. 134

  • Series Title

    Specimens of Polyautography [1947.7.110-145]

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1972

  • Lithography in the 19th Century: Selections from the National Gallery of Art, Rosenwald Collection, New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, 1972-1973, no. 33 (as "Figure of a Woman").

1988

  • Drawings on Stone: Early European Lithography, NGA, 1988.

Bibliography

1962

  • Man, Felix H. "Lithography in England (1801-1810)." In Prints, edited by Carl Zigrosser. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1962: 116-130.

Wikidata ID

Q65086972

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