Thomas Shotter Boys
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Thomas Shotter Boys was an English watercolour painter and lithographer.
on 2 Jan. 1803. He was articled to the engraver George Cooke
but when, on the expiration of his apprenticeship, he visited Paris, he was induced by Richard Parkes Bonington
, under whom he studied, to devote himself to painting. He exhibited at the Royal Academy
for the first time in 1824, and in Paris in 1827. In 1830 he went to Brussels, but on the outbreak of the revolution there returned to England. 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 great work, Picturesque Architecture in Paris, Ghent, Antwerp, Rouen, etc., appeared in 1839, and created much admiration. 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.
Life
Boys was born at PentonvillePentonville
Pentonville is an area of north-central London in the London Borough of Islington, centred on the Pentonville Road. The area is named after Henry Penton, who developed a number of streets in the 1770s in what was open countryside adjacent to the New Road...
on 2 Jan. 1803. He was articled to the engraver George Cooke
George Cooke (engraver)
George Cooke , was an English line engraver.-Life and work:Cooke was born in London in 1781. His father was a native of Frankfurt, Germany, who in early life settled in England and became a wholesale confectioner. At the age of fourteen, George Cooke was apprenticed to James Basire...
but when, on the expiration of his apprenticeship, he visited Paris, he was induced by Richard Parkes Bonington
Richard Parkes Bonington
Richard Parkes Bonington was an English Romantic landscape painter. One of the most influential British artists of his time, the facility of his style was inspired by the old masters, yet was entirely modern in its application.-Life and work:Richard Parkes Bonington was born in the town of Arnold,...
, under whom he studied, to devote himself to painting. He exhibited at the Royal Academy
Royal Academy
The Royal Academy of Arts is an art institution based in Burlington House on Piccadilly, London. The Royal Academy of Arts has a unique position in being an independent, privately funded institution led by eminent artists and architects whose purpose is to promote the creation, enjoyment and...
for the first time in 1824, and in Paris in 1827. In 1830 he went to Brussels, but on the outbreak of the revolution there returned to England. Paying another visit to Paris, he remained there until 1837, and then returned to England in order to lithograph the works of David Roberts
David Roberts (painter)
David Roberts RA was a Scottish painter. He is especially known for a prolific series of detailed lithograph prints of Egypt and the Near East that he produced during the 1840s from sketches he made during long tours of the region . These, and his large oil paintings of similar subjects, made him...
and Clarkson Stanfield.
His great work, Picturesque Architecture in Paris, Ghent, Antwerp, Rouen, etc., appeared in 1839, and created much admiration. 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
John Ruskin
John Ruskin was the leading English art critic of the Victorian era, also an art patron, draughtsman, watercolourist, a prominent social thinker and philanthropist. He wrote on subjects ranging from geology to architecture, myth to ornithology, literature to education, and botany to political...
'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.