Piccadilly Looking Towards the City
Medium
Lithograph, hand-colored
Dimensions
Sheet: 12 3/8 × 16 3/4 in. (31.4 × 42.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1919
Accession Number
19.71.2(17)
Tags
Art Historical Context
This hand-colored lithograph from 1842 captures a view of Piccadilly eastward toward London’s heart, the City. by British artist Thomaster Boys with lithographer Joseph Hullmandel the print reflects the energy early Victorian London during period of rapid urban growth architectural change. Horse carriages, pedestrians, and elegant shops line the wide street, offering a vivid snapshot of the city’s commercial and social life. Boys was among the first British artists to master color lithography, a relatively new technique that allowed for detailed, affordable reproductions of urban scenes. By h...
About the Artist
Thomas Boys|Thomas Shotter Boys|Charles Joseph Hullmandel (British|British|British) · 1803 |1789 |1800 –1874 |1850 |1880
British, Pentonville 1803–1874 London|British, London 1789–1850 London|London