Thomas Shotter Boys
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
ArtistEnglish, 1803–1874
CultureEnglish
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
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Department
Prints and Drawings
Object Type
Provenance[London, Christie’s, anonymous sale, 20 November 1979, lot 183]; bought by the present owner; [Guy Peppiatt Ltd, London, by 2023]; to the MFAH, 2023.
Exhibition HistoryN/A
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Signed and dated in watercolor, lower right edge: Tho[illegible] Boys 18[partial]
Verso: [inaccessible]
none known.
Catalogue raisonnéNone

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