Thomas Shotter Boys Art
English, 1803-1874
Boys was born at Pentonville, London, on 2 January 1803. He was articled to the engraver George Cooke. When his apprenticeship came to an end he went to Paris where he met and came under the influence of Richard Parkes Bonington, who persuaded him to abandon engraving for painting. Some sources describe him as a pupil of Bonington, although William Callow, who later shared a studio with him in Paris, disputed this.
He exhibited at the Royal Academy for the first time in 1824, and in Paris in 1827. In 1830 he went to Brussels, but returned to England on the outbreak of the revolution there. Paying another visit to Paris, he remained there until 1837, and then returned to England in order to lithograph the works of David Roberts and Clarkson Stanfield.
His most important work, Picturesque Architecture in Paris, Ghent, Antwerp, Rouen, etc., a collection of color lithographs, appeared in 1839, attracting a great deal of admiration. Drawn on the stone by Boys and printed by Charles Joseph Hullmandel, it was described in a review in the Polytechnic Journal as "the first successful effort in chroma-lithography [sic] hitherto brought to perfection". King Louis-Philippe sent the artist a ring in recognition of its merits. He also published Original Views of London as it is, drawn and lithographed by himself, (London, 1843). He drew the illustrations to Blackie's History of England, and etched some plates for John Ruskin's Stones of Venice.
Boys was a member of the Institute of Painters in Water Colours, and of several foreign artistic societies. He died in 1874. [source: Wikipedia](Biography provided by Rob Zanger Rare Books LLC)
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Artist: Thomas Shotter Boys
L'Hotel de Ville, Arras
By Thomas Shotter Boys
Located in Middletown, NY
Lithograph in colors on card stock (as issued), 15 x 10 5/8 inches (380 x 268 mm), full margins. In good condition with some minor toning and some extremely minor and unobtrusive edg...
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Mid-19th Century English School Thomas Shotter Boys Art
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Lithograph, Handmade Paper
Byloke, Ghent, From Picturesque Architecture in Paris, Ghent, Antwerp, Rouen....
By Thomas Shotter Boys
Located in Middletown, NY
Aquatint with hand coloring in oil color on smooth wove paper, 10 1/2 x 14 5/8 inches (266 × 370 mm), full margins. Moderate mat tone, scattered spots of light brown discoloration in...
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South Porch of Chartres Cathedral
By Thomas Shotter Boys
Located in Middletown, NY
London: Charles Joseph Hullmandel, 1839.
Oil stick color lithograph on cream wove paper, 14 3/16 x 11 inches; (360 x 280 mm), full margins. Scattered light yellow spots of discolora...
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Mid-19th Century English School Thomas Shotter Boys Art
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Oil Pastel, Handmade Paper, Lithograph
PARIS: Porte Rouge Notre Dame & Rue des Marmousets
By Thomas Shotter Boys
Located in Middletown, NY
Lithograph in colors with engraving on buff wove paper. Each of the two images measures 10 3/4 x 6 5/8 inches (271 x 167 mm), with the sheet measuring 14 1/4 x 20 1/2 inches (360 x 5...
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Mid-19th Century English School Thomas Shotter Boys Art
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Handmade Paper, Lithograph
St. Paul's From Ludgate Hill, from Original Views of London As It Is
By Thomas Shotter Boys
Located in Middletown, NY
Lithograph with hand tinting on heavy wove paper, full margins. Significant condition issues in the margins which include adhesive residue, edge tears and minor edge losses. The image area is clean with minor mat tone, however, colors are slightly attenuated. The verso shows moderate uneven toning. Issues primarily exist outside of the image area. This large and lively work was printed by Charles Hullmandel.
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The images in Boys's 1842 portfolio, Original Views of London...
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Rue de Marmousets, Paris; From Picturesque Architecture in Paris, Ghent, ....
By Thomas Shotter Boys
Located in Middletown, NY
Aquatint with hand coloring in oil color on smooth wove paper, 10 5/8 x 7 3/8 inches (270 x 187 mm), full margins. Laid down to a support, as issued. Moderate toning and surface soil...
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1830s English School Thomas Shotter Boys Art
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By Thomas Shotter Boys
Located in Middletown, NY
Aquatint with hand coloring in oil color on smooth wove paper, 10 1/2 x 14 5/8 inches (266 × 370 mm), full margins. Moderate mat tone, scattered spots of light brown discoloration in...
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1830s English School Thomas Shotter Boys Art
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Oil, Handmade Paper, Aquatint
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