Charles Alfred Stothard

Charles Alfred Stothard ( born July 5, 1786 in London, † May 27 1821 in Bere Ferrers, Devon ) was an English painter and antiquary.

The son of Thomas Stothard studied at the Royal Academy and in 1811 presented a picture of the death of Richard II in Pontefract Castle from. Since 1810, he occupied himself mainly with engravings. In 1816 he was awarded by the Society of Antiquaries commissioned to document the Bayeux Tapestry. In 1819 he became a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. Best known is his monumental work, Monumental Effigies of Great Britain, selected from our cathedrals and churches selected for the purpose of bringing together and preserving correct representations of the best historical illustrations extant, from the Norman Conquest to the reign of Henry the eighth (1811 - 1833), which was largely published posthumously by his wife Anna Elisa and her brother. It shows medieval grave times from all areas of England.

In 1818 he married Anna Eliza Kempe. He also illustrated a book of his wife with travel memories from Normandy .. Stothard died by falling off a ladder, as he documented a stained glass window in Bere Ferrers. He was buried in Bere Ferrers. A few weeks after his death, his daughter was born.

His widow published a biography in 1823 In his second marriage, she married the pastor Edward Atkyns Bray. Under the name of Mrs. Bray in 1851, she published the biography of Thomas Stothard in two volumes.

Works

• The tapestry of Bayeux. London, Society of Antiquaries. Vestusta Monumenta Vol 6 with 17 engravings facsimile.
• " Monumental Effigies of Great Britain, selected from our cathedrals and churches selected for the purpose of bringing together and preserving correct representations of the best historical illustrations extant, from the Norman Conquest to the reign of Henry the eighth " London, 1817-1832, Alfred John Kempe.