Frontispiece

Artist or Author: Thomas Shotter Boys

Work: Original Views of London as it is

Date of Publication: 1842

Style: Folio Lithograph

Paper Size: ~ 21" by 14 1/4"

Condition: The work is in very good to excellent condition. There may be a few minor imperfections to be expected with age. Please review the image carefully for condition and contact us with any questions.

Description of the work:

This idyllic, folio lithograph is from Thomas Shotter Boys's Original Views of London as it is. The first edition work was published in London in 1842 by Thomas Boys, his cousin. Charles Hullmandel also contributed the lithography for this work. The images from this work remain some of the most sought after of Victorian London. Described as "The finest of the lithograph books on London." (Tooley 104)

Thomas Shotter Boys (1803-1874) was English engraver, lithographer, and watercolorist. He studied in London under the engraver George Cooke. He moved to Paris in the 1820s to continue his career as an engraver and watercolorist. He returned to England in 1837 to work for David Roberts and Clarkson Stanfield. Of interesting note, he placed two large boys in the view of the Tower and the Mint from this work that would serve as John Tenniel's inspiration for Tweeledee and Tweedledum.