Picturesque Architecture in Paris, Ghent, Antwerp, Touen, etc.
Medium
Color lithograph on paper
Dimensions
36.7 × 27 cm (14 1/2 × 10 11/16 in.)
Classification
lithograph
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
131186
Art Historical Context
**Picturesque Architecture in Paris,, Antwerp, Touen, etc.** by Thomas Shotter Boys (9) captures the romantic allure of Europe's historic cities through a stunning color lithograph on paper, measuring 36.7 × 27 cm. Boys, a British artist renowned for his topographical views, traveled extensively across France, Belgium, and in the 1830s, sketching Gothic spires, Renaissance facades, and bustling street scenes. This print, housed in the Art Institute of Chicago's Prints and Drawings Department, exemplifies the "picturesque" aesthetic—emphasizing atmospheric beauty and nostalgic charm amid the In...
About the Artist
Thomas Shotter Boys · 1803–1874
Thomas Shotter Boys was born on 2 January 1803 in Pentonville, London, and received his first professional training as an apprentice to the engraver George Cooke. When his apprenticeship concluded he crossed the Channel to Paris, a move that would transform his artistic direction entirely. There he encountered Richard Parkes Bonington, the brilliant English watercolourist whose fresh, luminous ren...