Thomas Shotter Boys
Tomb of John of Eltham, Earl of Cornwall, Chapel of St. Edmund, Westminster Abbey, London

Tomb of John of Eltham, Earl of Cornwall, Chapel of St. Edmund, Westminster Abbey, London

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Tomb of John of Eltham, Earl of Cornwall, Chapel of St. Edmund, Westminster Abbey, London
ArtistBritish, 1803–1874
CultureBritish
Titles
  • Tomb of John of Eltham, Earl of Cornwall, Chapel of St. Edmund, Westminster Abbey, London
Datec. 1850
MediumWatercolor over graphite, heightened with gouache and gum glaze, on cream wove paper
DimensionsSheet: 13 1/2 × 10 3/4 in. (34.3 × 27.3 cm)
 Frame: 20 3/4 × 17 1/2 × 1/2 in. (52.7 × 44.5 × 1.3 cm)
Credit LineThe Stuart Collection, museum purchase funded by Francita Stuart Koelsch Ulmer
Object number2023.500
Non exposé

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Department
Prints and Drawings
Special Collections
Object Type
Provenance[Christie’s, London, Important English Drawings and Watercolours, November 20, 1979, lot 183 (as from Various Properties)]; private collection, England; [Guy Peppiatt Ltd, London, by 2023]; purchased by MFAH, 2023.
Exhibition HistoryBritish Drawings and Watercolours and a Collection of Oils from a Private Collection, Guy Peppiatt Fine Art, London, 2023, 62, cat. 49, illus. (exh. cat.).
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Signed and dated in watercolor, lower right edge: Tho[illegible] Boys 18[partial]
Verso: Inscribed in graphite, bottom center edge: Thomas Boys//Tombs of John of Etham William of Windsor or Blanche de la Tor//in the chapel of St. Edmund Westminster Abbey
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Catalogue raisonnénot published
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