THOMAS STOTHARD RA (BRITISH 1755-1834)
Design for Tasso's 'Jerusalem Delivered'
signed and inscribed No 6 Design to Tasso's Jerusalem Delivered T. Stothard R.A. (on the artist's label on the reverse)
pen and ink and grey wash on laid paper
13.7 x 9.5 cm (5 1/2 x 3 3/4 in)

The present work is Stothard's design for plate 6 illustrating Tasso's epic from Jerusalem Delivered about the First Cruscade. Translated by John Hook and published in 2 volumes in London in 1792.