Early Victorian Portraits Catalogue
Thomas Shotter Boys (1803-1874), Watercolour painter and lithographer
- Gallery portraits
- Biography and References
Water-colourist and lithographer; articled to George Cooke, the engraver; studied with Bonington who persuaded him to become a painter; made several continental sketching tours; published his famous 'Picturesque Architecture in Paris, Ghent, Antwerp, Rouen' etc, in 1839, and his 'Views of London', 1843; noted chiefly for his elaborate topographical water-colours.
This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: Richard Ormond, Early Victorian Portraits, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1973, and is as published then. For the most up-to-date details on individual Collection works, we recommend reading the information provided in the Search the Collection results on this website in parallel with this text.
This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: Richard Ormond, Early Victorian Portraits, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1973, and is as published then. For the most up-to-date details on individual Collection works, we recommend reading the information provided in the Search the Collection results on this website in parallel with this text.