A River and Cottage with White Paling

1833

Thomas Shotter Boys

Artist, British, 1803 - 1874

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor over graphite with gouache and scratching out on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    William B. O'Neal Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 19.1 x 25.2 cm (7 1/2 x 9 15/16 in.)
    mount: 32.2 x 43.8 cm (12 11/16 x 17 1/4 in.)

  • Accession

    2012.35.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Henri-Eugène-Philippe-Louis d'Orleans, duc d'Aumale, Orleans House, Twickenham(?); Hon. Emily Jane Mercer Elphinstone de Flahault (1819 - 1895); by descent; (sale, Christie's New York, 26 January 2012, no. 151); (via C. G. Boerner, New York); purchased 2012 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2014

  • The Color of Nature: Recent Acquisitions of Landscape Watercolors, NGA, 2014.

Inscriptions

lower center in brown ink: Thos. Boys 1833; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: Boys

Watermarks

J WHATMAN 1825

Wikidata ID

Q64633297

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