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Passionate Customer Service Museum Quality Art Prints Customization Options AvailableThomas Shotter Boys was born in 1803 in Pentonville, a northern suburb of London. And that's where it all began, in terms of information about his early life. Almost nothing is known about his childhood. So be it. There's an old proverb that says, "By their works you shall know them." And in this respect, the English watercolorist and lithographer has not been complacent. With his landscape watercolour paintings he conquered his place in the history of art, and he is also considered an innovative force in the use of the lithographic process.
At the age of fourteen, Thomas Shotter Boys was taken on as an apprentice by the successful engraver and copperplate engraver George Cooke, for whom he made around two hundred drawings - for example for an extensive catalogue of works by the botanist Conrad Loddiges. Thomas Shotter Boy's earliest surviving work is a graphic from 1819, and after the end of his apprenticeship he moved to Paris around 1825, where he wanted to work as an engraver. It should come differently. In the French capital he made the acquaintance of the English watercolour painter Richard Parkes Bonington, who accepted him into his artist circle, became a close friend and convinced him to turn to watercolour painting, at least in his second job. The claim that Thomas Shotter Boys was a student of Bonington is highly doubtful, however. Boys' colleague and good friend William Callow, with whom he shared a studio in Paris, categorically denies this statement.
The success as a painter failed to materialize at first because Thomas Shotter Boys was unfairly dismissed as a "Bonington imitator". He did not let himself be discouraged, however, and succeeded quite quickly in developing and establishing his own unmistakable style. After Richard Parkes Bonington's early death in 1828 he completed some unfinished works of his friend and learned the technique of lithography. He also went on extensive travels. Some stations of these travelling years were Brussels, Austria, Bohemia, Germany and Italy. Finally, he returned to England, where he first dealt with the lithographic printing process, which was still quite new at the time. In this field he produced several revolutionary works that were unparalleled. It is no exaggeration to say that the world had never seen anything like it before. But for all his successes as a lithographer, he remained true to watercolour painting during this time. And also in this profession he made a breakthrough.
He was now a celebrity in the art metropolises of London and Paris; in gratitude for his work, the French King Louis Philippe even gave him a precious ring - engraved with the initials "L.P." and decorated with a crown of diamonds of France. Thomas Shotter Boys received another great honour when he was appointed a full member of the New Society of Painters in Water-colours in 1841. But then his artistic-creative career went steeply downhill. Interest in him and his works waned and he was forced to return to his old profession as an engraver. It is pointless to speculate about the most famous or memorable work of Thomas Shotter Boys. Rather, one can make a statement about his favourite motif. This is about the Old Town Hall in St. Omer, which he painted seven times. He was good at this, because this way the building has been preserved, at least figuratively. In 1831 it was largely destroyed by demolition, only a remnant could still be placed under monumental protection.
Thomas Shotter Boys was born in 1803 in Pentonville, a northern suburb of London. And that's where it all began, in terms of information about his early life. Almost nothing is known about his childhood. So be it. There's an old proverb that says, "By their works you shall know them." And in this respect, the English watercolorist and lithographer has not been complacent. With his landscape watercolour paintings he conquered his place in the history of art, and he is also considered an innovative force in the use of the lithographic process.
At the age of fourteen, Thomas Shotter Boys was taken on as an apprentice by the successful engraver and copperplate engraver George Cooke, for whom he made around two hundred drawings - for example for an extensive catalogue of works by the botanist Conrad Loddiges. Thomas Shotter Boy's earliest surviving work is a graphic from 1819, and after the end of his apprenticeship he moved to Paris around 1825, where he wanted to work as an engraver. It should come differently. In the French capital he made the acquaintance of the English watercolour painter Richard Parkes Bonington, who accepted him into his artist circle, became a close friend and convinced him to turn to watercolour painting, at least in his second job. The claim that Thomas Shotter Boys was a student of Bonington is highly doubtful, however. Boys' colleague and good friend William Callow, with whom he shared a studio in Paris, categorically denies this statement.
The success as a painter failed to materialize at first because Thomas Shotter Boys was unfairly dismissed as a "Bonington imitator". He did not let himself be discouraged, however, and succeeded quite quickly in developing and establishing his own unmistakable style. After Richard Parkes Bonington's early death in 1828 he completed some unfinished works of his friend and learned the technique of lithography. He also went on extensive travels. Some stations of these travelling years were Brussels, Austria, Bohemia, Germany and Italy. Finally, he returned to England, where he first dealt with the lithographic printing process, which was still quite new at the time. In this field he produced several revolutionary works that were unparalleled. It is no exaggeration to say that the world had never seen anything like it before. But for all his successes as a lithographer, he remained true to watercolour painting during this time. And also in this profession he made a breakthrough.
He was now a celebrity in the art metropolises of London and Paris; in gratitude for his work, the French King Louis Philippe even gave him a precious ring - engraved with the initials "L.P." and decorated with a crown of diamonds of France. Thomas Shotter Boys received another great honour when he was appointed a full member of the New Society of Painters in Water-colours in 1841. But then his artistic-creative career went steeply downhill. Interest in him and his works waned and he was forced to return to his old profession as an engraver. It is pointless to speculate about the most famous or memorable work of Thomas Shotter Boys. Rather, one can make a statement about his favourite motif. This is about the Old Town Hall in St. Omer, which he painted seven times. He was good at this, because this way the building has been preserved, at least figuratively. In 1831 it was largely destroyed by demolition, only a remnant could still be placed under monumental protection.
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.jpg "A Figure beside a Building, Ghent, with Barges on the River Leye beyond, 1833 by Thomas Shotter Boys")
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.jpg "The Church of St. Magnus the Martyr, London Bridge, with the Monument in the Background by Thomas Shotter Boys")
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.jpg "Picturesque Architecture in Paris, Ghent, Antwerp, Rouen by Thomas Shotter Boys")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1130657).jpg "Antwerp by Thomas Shotter Boys")
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.jpg "View of Bayeux by Thomas Shotter Boys")
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.jpg "Picturesque Sketches in Spain: Gate of the Vivarrambla, Granada by Thomas Shotter Boys")
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.jpg "Exterior of the Church of St. Severin, Paris by Thomas Shotter Boys")
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.jpg "Picturesque Sketches in Spain: Remains of a Roman Bridge on the Guadalquiver, Cordova by Thomas Shotter Boys")
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.jpg "Crossroad of the Tison and Jean Bailleul Street by Thomas Shotter Boys")
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.jpg "Picturesque Architecture in Paris, Ghent, Antwerp, Rouen: Laon, France, 1839 by Thomas Shotter Boys")
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.jpg "Hyde Park Near Grosvenor Gate, plate sixteen from Original Views of London as It Is by Thomas Shotter Boys")
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.jpg "Cheapside and Mansion House by Thomas Shotter Boys")
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.jpg "Picturesque Architecture in Paris, Ghent, Antwerp, Touen, etc. by Thomas Shotter Boys")
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.jpg "Picturesque Architecture in Paris, Ghent, Antwerp, Rouen: Porte Rouge, Notre Dame, Paris by Thomas Shotter Boys")
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.jpg "View of the Board of Trade, Whitehall from Downing Street, 1842 by Thomas Shotter Boys")
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.jpg "Notre Dame, Paris by Thomas Shotter Boys")
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.jpg "View of a Market Square by Thomas Shotter Boys")
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.jpg "Buckingham Palace from St. James Park, plate eleven from Original Views of London as It Is by Thomas Shotter Boys")
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.jpg "Holborn Viaduct, London by Thomas Shotter Boys")
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.jpg "Grille Des Hermès, Porte Dauphine, Palace of Fontainebleau by Thomas Shotter Boys")
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.jpg "Picturesque Sketches in Spain: The Mosque, Cordova by Thomas Shotter Boys")
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.jpg "La Sainte Chapelle, from Picturesque Architecture in Paris, published 1839 by Thomas Shotter Boys")
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.jpg "Board of Trade, Whitehall, from Downing Street, plate eight from Original Views of London as It Is by Thomas Shotter Boys")
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.jpg "Temple Bar from The Strand, London by Thomas Shotter Boys")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1118900).jpg "The Seine at Rouen by Thomas Shotter Boys")
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.jpg "Westminster Abbey and Hospital, London by Thomas Shotter Boys")
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.jpg "The Cathedral of Notre Dame, 1836 by Thomas Shotter Boys")
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.jpg "The Pont des Arts, Paris by Thomas Shotter Boys")
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.jpg "Picturesque Sketches in Spain: Gate of the Vivarrambla, Granada by Thomas Shotter Boys")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1471570).jpg "Prouvaires street and the Saint-Eustache church by Thomas Shotter Boys")
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.jpg "Hotel de Sens, rue du Figuier by Thomas Shotter Boys")
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.jpg "Picturesque Architecture in Paris, Ghent, Antwerp, Rouen: Rue de la Crosse Horlogue, Rouen, France by Thomas Shotter Boys")
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.jpg "Picturesque Architecture in Paris, Ghent, Antwerp, Touen, etc. by Thomas Shotter Boys")
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.jpg "Society in Hyde Park, 1842 by Thomas Shotter Boys")
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.jpg "Fish Market, Antwerp by Thomas Shotter Boys")
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.jpg "London As It Is: Piccadilly, looking Eastward towards the City by Thomas Shotter Boys")
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.jpg "Byloke, Ghent by Thomas Shotter Boys")
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.jpg "Notre Dame, Paris from the Quai Saint Bernard by Thomas Shotter Boys")
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.jpg "Regent Street looking towards the Quadrant with Hanover Chapel in the foreground and shoppers promenading by Thomas Shotter Boys")
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.jpg "St. James Palace, plate ten from Original Views of London as It Is by Thomas Shotter Boys")
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.jpg "London As It Is: Mansion House, Cheapside by Thomas Shotter Boys")
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.jpg "Dresden by Thomas Shotter Boys")
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.jpg "Notre Dame, Paris by Thomas Shotter Boys")
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.jpg "Picturesque Architecture in Paris, Ghent, Antwerp, Rouen: Rue de La Licorne by Thomas Shotter Boys")
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.jpg "View from Charing Cross Looking Towards the Strand by Thomas Shotter Boys")
.jpg "Quai de la Greve, Paris, in 1837 by Thomas Shotter Boys")
.jpg "Paris Street Scene The House of Admiral Coligny by Thomas Shotter Boys")