Manchester Art Gallery

The School for Rakes

Thomas Stothard, 1755 - 1834



The School for Rakes

Thomas Stothard 1755 - 1834

Summary

Interior with a figure group wearing Georgian style dress. A female kneels on the ground clinging to the arm of a male figure stood to the right. A male figure stood on the left gestures towards the female. The scene is contained within an octagonal frame set upon a trompe l'oeil column festooned with laurels.


Object Name

The School for Rakes

Creators Name

Thomas Stothard

Date Created

1797 (circa)

Dimensions

support: 13.9cm x 8.5cm

accession number

1927.126

Collection Group

fine art
on paper, unique
British

Place of creation

Europe

Support

paper

Medium

watercolour
ink

Credit

Gift of Misses Mary Catherine, Loetitia and Julia Sharpe


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