Thomas Shotter Boys
London - Charing Cross, 1842
An original antique colour lithograph
11 ½ x 18 in
29 x 46 cm
29 x 46 cm
LDNp9571
Charing Cross: Entry to the Strand from Charing Cross. Showing the portico of St Martin-in-the-Fields, the opening of the Strand and Northumberland House. Inscribed on the pedestal of Charles I's...
Charing Cross: Entry to the Strand from Charing Cross. Showing the portico of St Martin-in-the-Fields, the opening of the Strand and Northumberland House. Inscribed on the pedestal of Charles I's statue is "T. S. Boys 1841".
Thomas Shotter Boys first served as an apprentice in London under the engraver George Cooke and was soon absorbed by this gifted family of artists and engravers. Shotter Boys then moved to Paris, and in 1839 had his first major work published by his cousin Thomas Boys in London. In 1842 Shotter Boys issued his next major work, Original Views of London As It Is… with many of his plates personalised with allusions to or puns of his name; of particular note is the view of the Tower and the Mint with the two fat boys who became John Tenniel’s inspiration for Tweedledee and Tweedledum.
Depicting an unusually tranquil Metropolis, London As It Is… remains one of the most desirable representations of early Victorian London available today.
Thomas Shotter Boys first served as an apprentice in London under the engraver George Cooke and was soon absorbed by this gifted family of artists and engravers. Shotter Boys then moved to Paris, and in 1839 had his first major work published by his cousin Thomas Boys in London. In 1842 Shotter Boys issued his next major work, Original Views of London As It Is… with many of his plates personalised with allusions to or puns of his name; of particular note is the view of the Tower and the Mint with the two fat boys who became John Tenniel’s inspiration for Tweedledee and Tweedledum.
Depicting an unusually tranquil Metropolis, London As It Is… remains one of the most desirable representations of early Victorian London available today.
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