All the oil paintings of Thomas Shotter Boys

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ID	Image	Painting(From A to Z)	Details
26132		L lle de la Cite seen from the Institut,Paris (mk47)	c.1830-33 Watercolour 342x451mm

Thomas Shotter Boys
English Engraver, 1803-1874 English painter and printmaker. He was apprenticed on 4 February 1817 to George Cooke. His early training in engraving influenced his future career; his ability to draw a fine line, lay aquatint washes and hand-colour prints was an important factor in the creation of his particularly lucid style of watercolour landscapes and townscapes. At this time Cooke was engraving volumes of picturesque views by Turner and James Hakewell (1778-1843) as well as his own view of the Thames (1822);