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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 "Le Pont Royal, Paris by Thomas Shotter Boys")
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.jpg "The Quadrant, Regent Street, 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 "Picturesque Sketches in Spain: Remains of a Roman Bridge on the Guadalquiver, Cordova by Thomas Shotter Boys")
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.jpg "Tomb of Sir George Broke, Lord Cobham and His Wife Anne by Thomas Shotter Boys")
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.jpg "Dresden by Thomas Shotter Boys")
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.jpg "Rue du Rivage, Abbeville by Thomas Shotter Boys")
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.jpg "Temple Bar from the Strand, 1842 by Thomas Shotter Boys")
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.jpg "The Club Houses, Pall Mall by Thomas Shotter Boys")
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.jpg "The Castle Mills Bridge, York by Thomas Shotter Boys")
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.jpg "The Strand, 1842 by Thomas Shotter Boys")
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.jpg "The Strand 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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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1120396).jpg "Paris Viewed from the Champs Elysees by Thomas Shotter Boys")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-267932).jpg "The Striped Drawing Room, Apsley House by Thomas Shotter Boys")
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.jpg "The Guildhall, plate 25 from Original Views of London as It Is by Thomas Shotter Boys")
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.jpg "The Cathedral of Notre Dame, Paris by Thomas Shotter Boys")
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.jpg "Landscape with Windmills by Thomas Shotter Boys")
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.jpg "View of the Bank of England City of London by Thomas Shotter Boys")
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.jpg "Holborn Viaduct, London by Thomas Shotter Boys")
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.jpg "A View of Paris from St. Cloud, 1830 by Thomas Shotter Boys")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1131759).jpg "Les Salinieres, Trouville by Thomas Shotter Boys")
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.jpg "Regent Street, Looking Towards the Duke of York")
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.jpg "London, from Greenwich, plate five from Original Views of London as It Is by Thomas Shotter Boys")
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.jpg "Church of St. Charles Borromeo at Antwerp by Thomas Shotter Boys")
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.jpg "Picturesque Architecture in Paris, Ghent, Antwerp, Rouen: La. Ste Chapelle, Paris 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 "The Pont des Arts, Paris by Thomas Shotter Boys")
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.jpg "London As It Is: Hyde Park Corner 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 "Notre Dame, Chartres by Thomas Shotter Boys")
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.jpg "A Storm on the Coast by Thomas Shotter Boys")
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.jpg "Hyde Park: near Grosvenor Gate 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 "Picturesque Architecture in Paris, Ghent, Antwerp, Rouen: Tour de Remy, Dieppe, France by Thomas Shotter Boys")
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.jpg "Duke of Wellington")
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.jpg "Le Pont Royal, Paris 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 "On the Seine, 1831 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 "London As It Is: from Greenwich by Thomas Shotter Boys")
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.jpg "Greenwich, from the Royal Observatory by Thomas Shotter Boys")
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.jpg "London As It Is: The Horse-Guards, from St. James")
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.jpg "Picturesque Architecture in Paris, Ghent, Antwerp, Rouen: Notre Dame, Paris 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, Etc.: South Porch of Chartres Cathedral 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 "The Strand, plate 21 from Original Views of London as It Is by Thomas Shotter Boys")
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.jpg "Oxford Circus 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 "Picturesque Architecture in Paris, Ghent, Antwerp, Rouen: St. Etienne du Mont and the Pantheon, Paris by Thomas Shotter Boys")
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.jpg "Quai de la Greve, Paris, in 1837 by Thomas Shotter Boys")
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.jpg "The Hotel de Ville, St. Omer by Thomas Shotter Boys")
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.jpg "View of Issy A Street in Issy-les-Moulineaux by Thomas Shotter Boys")
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.jpg "View at Swiss Cottage, London by Thomas Shotter Boys")
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.jpg "South Porch of Chartres Cathedral by Thomas Shotter Boys")
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.jpg "Regent Street, Looking Toward Piccadilly From Waterloo Place by Thomas Shotter Boys")
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.jpg "L hotel de Ville, St Omer by Thomas Shotter Boys")
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.jpg "Picturesque Architecture in Paris, Ghent, Antwerp, Rouen: Belfrey, Ghent, Belgium by Thomas Shotter Boys")
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.jpg "London As It Is: The Bank, Looking towards the Mansion House 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 "Church of St. Etienne du Mont, Paris by Thomas Shotter Boys")
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.jpg "Picturesque Architecture in Paris, Ghent, Antwerp, Rouen: L")
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.jpg "Exterior of the Church of St. Severin, Paris by Thomas Shotter Boys")
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.jpg "View of Buckingham Palace from St. James")
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.jpg "Picturesque Architecture in Paris, Ghent, Antwerp, Rouen: St. Andre, Chartres, France by Thomas Shotter Boys")
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.jpg "Westminster, from Waterloo Bridge, plate nineteen from Original Views of London as It Is by Thomas Shotter Boys")
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.jpg "The Bank Looking Towards the Mansion House, from Original Views of London as It Is by Thomas Shotter Boys")
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.jpg "London As It Is: Doorway, The Custom 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 "Durham from the Fields by Thomas Shotter Boys")
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.jpg "Hotel Cluny, Paris by Thomas Shotter Boys")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1052770).jpg "Jahara Baug, Agra by Thomas Shotter Boys")
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.jpg "Picturesque Architecture in Paris, Ghent, Antwerp, Rouen: L")
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.jpg "The Vale of Llangollen by Thomas Shotter Boys")
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.jpg "Church of St. Severin, Paris by Thomas Shotter Boys")
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.jpg "The Church of St. Magnus the Martyr by London Bridge, with Monument in the Background by Thomas Shotter Boys")
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.jpg "Picturesque Architecture in Paris, Ghent, Antwerp, Rouen: Pavillion de Flors, Tuileries, Paris by Thomas Shotter Boys")
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.jpg "The Concorde Bridge seen from the terrace of the Tuileries by Thomas Shotter Boys")
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.jpg "Prague by Thomas Shotter Boys")
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.jpg "London As It Is: Regent Street, Looking Towards the Quadrant 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: Rue du Rivage, Abbeville, France by Thomas Shotter Boys")
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.jpg "Regent Street Looking Towards the Quadrant, plate eighteen from Original Views of London as It Is by Thomas Shotter Boys")
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.jpg "St. Séverin, Paris by Thomas Shotter Boys")
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.jpg "Picturesque Sketches in Spain: The Mosque, Cordova by Thomas Shotter Boys")
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