Thomas Shotter Boys Hand Numbered Limited Edition Print on Paper :"The Mansion House, Cheapside"
Title: The Mansion House, Cheapside
Dimensions (W x H ): Paper Size: 26 x 20 in | Image Size: 22 x 16 in
Edition | Medium: Each print is hand numbered, accompanied by a certificate signed by the Master Printer and is numbered to match the print. The editions are limited to 1880 copies. |
This Gouttelette print on paper is published with light-fast inks to BS1006 Standard onto acid-free calcium carbonate buffered stock, mould-made from 100% cotton and sourced from environmentally conscious paper suppliers. This product is exclusive to Rosenstiels.
About the Art: Superior Edition
About the Artist:
Thomas Shotter Boys, born in 1803, left his native England at an early age and travelled to Paris, where he met and was befriended by the great Richard Bonington. In 1827 he exhibited his works, mainly water-colours, which showed the marked influence that Bonington had on his career. With Adolphe Rouargue and Turgis he published Architecture dessinee d’apres Nature.
Returning to London in 1837 he exhibited at the Royal Academy as well as at the New Water-colour Society. Boys was the first artist to exploit the process of chromolithography and, in 1839, he published his views of Picturesque Architecture in Paris, Ghent, Antwerp and Rouen. In 1842 he published, to huge acclaim, a series entitled Original Views of London, and these high-quality, historic works are a fascinating and decorative tour of London’s best known landmarks.
Boys’ favourite medium was water-colour, but his oils show a quick spontaneity of palette which recall many of Bonington’s crisp and vivid compositions, whether views of Paris, Venice or London. Particularly fascinating to the London-lover are his enduringly-popular scenes of the city, which recreate the real essence of Nineteenth Century London.
