Thomas Shotter Boys

Dieppe – The Artists – Boys, Thomas Shotter

September 28, 2021 / ° Artists, Dieppe, Normandy, West

This page forms part of a series of pages dedicated to the many artists who painted in Dieppe. A full list of all the artists with a link to their works can be found at the bottom of this page.

Thomas Shotter Boys
Thomas Shotter Boys

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Thomas Shotter Boys (1803–1874) was an English watercolour painter and lithographer. Thomas was born at Pentonville, London, on 2 January 1803. He was articled to the engraver George Cooke.

When his apprenticeship came to an end he went to Paris where he met and came under the influence of Richard Parkes Bonington, who persuaded him to abandon engraving for painting.

Some sources describe him as a pupil of Bonington, although William Callow, who later shared a studio with him in Paris, disputed this.

His most important work, Picturesque Architecture in Paris, Ghent, Antwerp, Rouen, etc., a collection of colour lithographs, appeared in 1839, attracting a great deal of admiration.

Drawn on the stone by Boys and printed by Charles Joseph Hullmandel, it was described in a review in the Polytechnic Journal as “the first successful effort in chroma-lithography [sic] hitherto brought to perfection“. King Louis-Philippe sent the artist a ring in recognition of its merits.

Click here to read his full bio on Wikipedia.

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1839 - Thomas Shotter Boys - Tour de Remi
1839 – Thomas Shotter Boys – Tour de Remi

TODAY: This is the St Remi tower of the Dieppe Castle.

???? - Thomas Shotter Boys - Dieppe Castle
???? – Thomas Shotter Boys – Dieppe Castle

TODAY: The Castle of Dieppe still exists today, and is highly visible throughout the city since it’s perched up high on the cliffs overlooking the city.

Boys painted several places in Normandy, which will be featured eventually on this site. A link “⇠” to those cities will appear below when published.

Dieppe in Normandy was a popular place for artists to come and apply their art. Here is a list, non exhaustive, of the artists that painted in Dieppe.

A link (“⇠”) to the artist’s works will appear when published (a “*” indicates that the artist did not work directly in Dieppe, instead worked in nearby villages):

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Today: The Dieppe Castle on the cliffs
Today: The Dieppe Castle on the cliffs
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