William Henry James Boot
William Henry James Boot (1848 – 8 September 1918) was an English oil and watercolour artist, illustrator and author.
Also recorded as W. H. J. Boot
William Henry James Boot
W.H.J. Boot · Magazine of Art, Vol.VI, 1881. · Public domain
- Died
- 1918 · London.
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- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
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- painter · illustrator
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William Henry James Boot (1848 – 8 September 1918) was an English oil and watercolour artist, illustrator and author.
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William Henry James Boot (1849–1918) was a British illustrator and painter. Born in Nottingham, the illustrator died in London. Works by William Henry James Boot are held at South Shields Museum & Art Gallery.
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He was born in Manchester, England, going on to exhibit at the Royal Academy in London (from 1874 to 1884); and becoming a member of the Royal Society of British Artists. He worked for periodicals, including the Illustrated London News and The Art Journal. Boot was also a member of The Arts Club, who listed him as a "painter and writer on Gothic architecture". He painted landscapes in England, Europe and North Africa, and also provided illustrations for books (see below). Boot lived in London and married Emily who survived him (d. 1929). They were both buried in Hampstead.
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1849
William Henry James Boot born at Nottingham.
1918
William Henry James Boot died at London.
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• Illustration — Bradda Head, by Boot • Boot, W. H. J. Trees and How to paint them in watercolours (Cassell, 1883). • Mitford, Mary Russell. Our Village (Sampson, Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, 1879). • Walford, Edward. Greater London. A Narrative of Its History, Its People, and Its Places. Vol. 1 (Cassell & Co., 1883), pp frontispiece, 49. • Walford, Edward. Greater London. A Narrative of Its History, Its People, and Its Places. Vol. 2 (Cassell & Co., 1883), pp 6,7, 13, 42, 43, 66, 84, 91, 115, 121, 150, 193, 198, 210, 235, 241, 252, 258, 271, 289, 295, 318, 330, 354, 360, 396, 420, 456, 462, 492, 511. • Weston, James. A night in the woods and other tales and sketches (Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd., 1896).
An etching from a painting of St. Martins Bridge, in Toledo. Circa 1890.
William Henry James Boot · The Strand Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3 (March 1891)
Water or Lollard's' Tower, Lambeth Palace
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- 1.Biography (from whistler.arts.gla.ac.uk)
- 2.H. L. Mallalieu. The Dictionary of British Watercolour Artists up to 1920. Antique Collectors' Club. 44–5. 1986. 1-85149-025-6.
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