Sold to benefit Refuge & The Trussell Trust
WILLIAM HENRY JAMES BOOT, R.B.A, R.I. | LOW TIDE, MOONLIGHT
Lot Closed
May 27, 02:37 PM GMT
Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Sold to benefit Refuge & The Trussell Trust
WILLIAM HENRY JAMES BOOT, R.B.A, R.I.
1848-1918
LOW TIDE, MOONLIGHT
signed with monogram and dated 1874 (lower left)
oil on board
unframed: 23 by 33cm., 9 by 12in.
framed: 34 by 43cm., 13¼ by 17in.
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Like his fellow Yorkshireman John Atkinson Grimshaw, Boot appears to have been influenced by the Pether family of painters of nocturnal scenes. He was also a book ilustrator, producing engravings for the London Illustrated News and Art Journal and also wrote Trees and How to Paint Them in 1883.
The Daniel Katz Gallery will donate 100% of the net sale proceeds of this lot, split in equal measure between Refuge (Registered Charity 277424) and Trussell Trust (Registered Charity 1110522).