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Fish Market, Antwerp

Thomas Shotter Boys

1839

ink

paper

From the collection of National Gallery of Art

Romanticism Early 19th Century Bruges

Dominant colour

Fish Market, Antwerp is a 1839 ink by Thomas Shotter Boys, a Romanticism work, depicting Bruges, held at National Gallery of Art.

Who painted this?: Thomas Shotter Boys
When & what style?: 1839 · Romanticism
Where can I see it?: National Gallery of Art

About this work

This lithograph shows a busy Antwerp fish market. Bright light spills over wooden crates and baskets piled with fish. People in old-time clothes crowd around, their faces caught in daily work. The artist used color lithography to get soft, glowing tones. This method lets ink sit on paper without brush strokes. It feels almost like a photograph made by hand. Look for more work by Boys, Thomas Shotter.

About the artist

Artist

Thomas Shotter Boys

Thomas Shotter Boys (1803–1874) was an English watercolour painter and lithographer, mostly producing cityscapes and images of buildings, although he produced some rural landscapes and marine subjects.

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