Lot 156
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Thomas Shotter Boys, N.W.S. (1803-1874)
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Thomas Shotter Boys, N.W.S. (1803-1874)

View of Rouen Cathedral

Details
Thomas Shotter Boys, N.W.S. (1803-1874)
View of Rouen Cathedral
signed and dated 'Thos Boys 1832' (lower right)
pencil and watercolour with gum arabic heightened with bodycolour and with scratching out
27½ x 17 in. (69.8 x 43.2 cm.)
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Lot Essay

Boys executed a soft-ground etching of a street scene in Rouen, depicting the spire of Rouen cathedral, illustrated in J. Roundell Thomas Shotter Boys, London, 1974, p. 110, pl. 39 Vue de Rouen. In this present watercolour Boys has shows similar enjoyment in depicting the gothic architectural lightness, relishing in the vertical thrust of the slender piers, juxtaposed with the medieval streets and domestic architecture in the foreground.

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