George Henry Boughton RA, American 1833-1905 - Only a Memory, 1901; watercolour and ink on paper, signed and dated centre right 'GH Boughton 1901', dedicated lower right 'To Miss Dorothy Mempes with best wishes', 15.5 x 11.5 cm Provenance: The Collection of Mary and Alan Hobart, Founders of Pyms Gallery
ARTIST: George Henry Boughton (New York, United Kingdom, 1833 - 1905) TITLE: Courting Couple MEDIUM: oil on canvas. Canvas applied to board CONDITION: Few nail holes along edges. Some craquelure. Minor paint losses. Some scattered inpaintings. ART SIZE: 43 x 55 inches / 109 x 139 cm FRAME SIZE: unframed (In-House framing available) SIGNATURE: lower right ATTENTION: This lot is located at our Mamaroneck, NY office. CATEGORY: old antique vintage painting for auction sale online AD: ART WANTED: Consign, Trade In, Cash Offer SKU#: 132533 US Shipping $369 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: George Henry Boughton RA (4 December 1833 - 19 January 1905) was an Anglo-American landscape and genre painter, illustrator and writer.Boughton was born in Norwich in Norfolk, England, the son of farmer William Boughton. The family immigrated to the United States in 1835, and he grew up in Albany, New York, where he started his career as a self-taught artist. He was influenced by the artists of the Hudson River School.By the age of 19, Boughton was recognized as a landscape painter and opened his first studio in 1852. In 1853, the American Art Union purchased one of his early pictures which financed six months of studying art in England. He concluded this period of his training with a sketching tour of the Lake District, Scotland, and Ireland.After returning to the U.S., Boughton exhibited his works in Washington, D.C. and New York City, but in the late 1850s he finally made a decision to move to Europe. From 1859-61 he studied art in France under Pierre Edouard Frere (1819-1886) and Edward Harrison May (1824-1887).In 1861, Boughton opened a studio in London. While living in England, he focused on subjects of early American colonial history, and an American critic noticed that "for early history of this country his talents seems to be peculiarly fitted." His subject-pictures, such as the Early Puritans of New England Going to Church (1867), were especially popular. The Return of the Mayflower (shown at the Goupil Gallery, New York in 1871) was praised as "a picture which will live as long as the memory of the Mayflower itself lasts."Throughout the 1880s and 1890s, he was associated with several artistic colonies in countryside, namely with the village of Broadway in Worcestershire, the rustic beauty of which was recognized by American artists. Along with Henry James, Edwin Abbey, John Singer Sargent and others, he frequently visited Broadway. Through Horsley and Shaw he also was associated with the Cranbrook Colony of artists, visiting them in the late 1860s-1880s. Boughton also served as an agent and advisor to Henry Gurdon Marquand, one of the founders of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and namesake of the Marquand Collection.Boughton died of heart disease, on 19 January 1905, in his studio at Campden Hill, north London. His obituary stated that "he was kindly, genial, humorous, a lover of a good story, the essence of hospitality, and wholly free from jealousy, malice, and incharitable judgments."His paintings are now represented in many museums in the United States and Europe.
ARTIST: George Henry Boughton (New York, United Kinggdom, 1833 - 1905) TITLE: Adulation MEDIUM: watercolor on paper. Paper applied to board. CONDITION: Some age toning. Normal wear to edges. ART SIZE: 24 x 16 inches / 60 x 40 cm FRAME SIZE: unframed (In-House framing available) SIGNATURE: lower right CATEGORY: old antique vintage painting for auction sale online AD: ART WANTED: Consign, Trade In, Cash Offer SKU#: 132379 US Shipping $60 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: George Henry Boughton RA (4 December 1833 - 19 January 1905) was an Anglo-American landscape and genre painter, illustrator and writer.Boughton was born in Norwich in Norfolk, England, the son of farmer William Boughton. The family immigrated to the United States in 1835, and he grew up in Albany, New York, where he started his career as a self-taught artist. He was influenced by the artists of the Hudson River School.By the age of 19, Boughton was recognized as a landscape painter and opened his first studio in 1852. In 1853, the American Art Union purchased one of his early pictures which financed six months of studying art in England. He concluded this period of his training with a sketching tour of the Lake District, Scotland, and Ireland.After returning to the U.S., Boughton exhibited his works in Washington, D.C. and New York City, but in the late 1850s he finally made a decision to move to Europe. From 1859-61 he studied art in France under Pierre Edouard Frere (1819-1886) and Edward Harrison May (1824-1887).In 1861, Boughton opened a studio in London. While living in England, he focused on subjects of early American colonial history, and an American critic noticed that "for early history of this country his talents seems to be peculiarly fitted." His subject-pictures, such as the Early Puritans of New England Going to Church (1867), were especially popular. The Return of the Mayflower (shown at the Goupil Gallery, New York in 1871) was praised as "a picture which will live as long as the memory of the Mayflower itself lasts."Vincent van Gogh, who lived London in 1873-75, was much impressed by Boughton's painting Godspeed! Pilgrims Setting Out for Canterbury. Then working as a minister, he gave a sermon inspired by the painting, and wrote about it to his brother Theo. The Boughton painting is now part of the collection of the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam.Boughton illustrated Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poems. In 1893, the edition of Washington Irving's Rip Van Winkle and Sleepy Hollow was published in London with 53 illustrations by Boughton. A London critic once declared that he "has learnt the secret of putting natural feelings into rustic figures, which has been almost entirely wanting to English painters."Boughton exhibited extensively in both Britain and the U.S. and was elected a member of the National Academy of Design in New York City in 1871. He was elected a member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours, an Associate of the Royal Academy (ARA) in 1879, and a Royal Academician (RA) in 1896. "He was a useful and popular member of this body, and worked well as member of the council, as a 'hanger', and as a teacher in the schools." After the death of John Callcott Horsley, Boughton was elected a Director of the "Fine Art and General Insurance Company".Among his landscape paintings - views of England and Brittany in France. In 1883, he travelled to Holland. His illustrated account of that journey was published in the Harper's Magazine as 'Artist Strolls in Holland', and published next year in London as Sketching Rambles in Holland (see bibliography).Boughton obviously took pleasure in writing: later he would participate in the publication of the 'English Art in the Public Galleries of London' providing the overview of George Morland's biography and work.Boughton easily socialised in London artistic circles and was a member of the Arts Club (1869-96), of the Reform Club, the Athenaeum Club, the Burlington Fine Arts Club and the Grolier and Lotos Clubs in New York.In 1865, Boughton married Katherine Louise Cullen (1845-after 1901), and they had an adopted daughter, Florence. Along with John Callcott Horsley, he was one of the early clients of architect Richard Norman Shaw who built a house for the Boughtons on Campden Hill, London. "The parties given here by Mr and Mrs Boughton were celebrated among artistic and literary people and in the Anglo-American section of the society."It was noticed that Boughton was influenced by works of British painter and illustrator Frederick Walker (1840-1875). In the 1870s in London he met James Whistler. In 1878, an American reviewer praised them as "shining lights in the art world" of London. Boughton published vivid recollections about Whistler, particularly mentioning his work on the famous 'Peacock Room'. In 1877 he made an acquaintance with Henry James (1843-1916).The female novelist Violet Hunt (1862-1942) based her novels Their Lives (1916) and Their Hearts (1921) on her early love affair with Boughton. The novel Christina Chard (1894) by Mrs Rosa Campbell-Praed (1851-1935), an Australian novelist, was dedicated to Boughton, because he had suggested the idea of the book.Throughout the 1880s and 1890s, he was associated with several artistic colonies in countryside, namely with the village of Broadway in Worcestershire, the rustic beauty of which was recognised by many American artists. Along with Henry James, Edwin Abbey, John Singer Sargent and others, he frequently visited Broadway. Through Horsley and Shaw he also was associated with the Cranbrook Colony of artists, visiting them in the late 1860s-1880s.Boughton died of heart disease, on 19 January 1905, in his studio at Campden Hill, north London. His obituary stated that "he was kindly, genial, humorous, a lover of a good story, the essence of hospitality, and wholly free from jealousy, malice, and incharitable judgments."His paintings are now represented in many museums in the United States and Europe.
English/American, 1833-1905 River Landscape in Autumn Signed G. H. Boughton (lr) Oil on card mounted to panel 5 x 10 inches inpainting in all 4 corners.
Portrait of a Woman Reading Oil on canvas 18 x 12 inches (45.7 x 30.5 cm) (Frame dimensions: 21 1/2 x 16 inches) Canvas is relined. Frame rub with associated wear to the edges. No apparent restoration visible under UV light inspection. Few scattered marks of pigment, though these do not fluoresce under UV light.
Faint signature in the lower left. Depicting a man flattering a young woman. Title and artist notation on the verso. Framed H 24", W 32". Provenance: Property from a Bloomfield Township, MI private collection.
English 1833-1905 Landscape Initialed GHB (ll) Gouache on paper 6 7/8 x 9 7/8 inches (17.5 x 25.1 cm) The sheet is mounted to a support board; wear and losses at the edges; crease in the lower right corner.
Wouter Van Twiller's Court New Amsterdam Oil on canvas h. 24-1/4 w. 30 in. Backed with board, signed with initials "GHB" lower right overall: 29 x 34-3/4 in. (frame) [In Situ Item] This item will not be on display in our saleroom during our preview period. If you wish to view it in-person please make a request with the gallery.
Faint signature in the lower left. Depicting a man flattering a young woman. Title and artist notation on the verso. Framed H 24", W 32". Provenance: Property from a Bloomfield Township, MI private collection.
George Henry Boughton (American, 1833-1905). Oil on wood panel, woman fishing. Signed lower right G.H. Boughton. 17 3/8" x 11 1/4" (with frame 15 3/8" x 19 1/4"). Some crazing, paint loss upper left and along edges; repair to frame upper left corner, chips and losses to frame.
George Henry Boughton (American, 1833-1905). Oil on wood panel, woman fishing. Signed lower right G.H. Boughton. 17 3/8" x 11 1/4" (with frame 15 3/8" x 19 1/4"). Some crazing, paint loss upper left and along edges; repair to frame upper left corner, chips and losses to frame.
Wouter Van Twiller's Court New Amsterdam Oil on canvas Backed with board, signed with initials "GHB" lower right h. 24-1/4 w. 30 in. overall: 29 x 34-3/4 in. (frame) Remnant on back of picture with explanation of the scene: " The two parties being confront--------, each produced a book of accounts written in a manner and character that would have puzzled any but a high--------commentator or a learned decipherer of Egyptian obelisks to understand. The sage Wouter took them one after the other, and having poised them in his hands,and attentively counted over the number of leaves, fell straightway into a very great doubt. He smoked for half and hour without saying a word; at long while, with his finger beside his nose, and shutting his eyes for----with the air of a man who has just caught a subtle-----, he slowly took his pipe from his mouth, puffed forth a column of tobacco smoke, and, with marvelous gravity and solemnity, pronounced---that having carefully counted over the leaves and weighed the books, it was found that one was just as thick and heavy as the other; therefore, it was the final opinion of the court that the accounts were equally balanced--therefore, Wandle should give Barent a receipt, and Barent should give Wandle a receipt." Knickerbocker's History of New York [In Situ Item] This Item will not be on display in our saleroom during our preview period. If you wish to view it in-person please make a request with the gallery.
(New York/British, 1833-1905) Girl Gathering Roses, signed lower right "GH Boughton", oil on canvas, 21 x 11 in.; fine gilt wood and composition frame, 32-1/2 x 24-1/2 in. Provenance: Dave and Chris Knoke, Marietta, Georgia
Faint signature in the lower left. Depicting a man flattering a young woman. Title and artist notation on the verso. Framed H 24", W 32". Provenance: Property from a Bloomfield Township, MI private collection.
George Henry Boughton (1833-1905): Woman Gazing at the Sea oil on canvas, relined; signed with initials right center; 36 1/4 x 24 1/4 in. (92.1 x 61.6 cm.), Frame: 43 x 30 1/2 in. (109.2 x 77.5 cm.)
George Henry Boughton, RA, British / American 1833-1905- At the well; oil on canvas, 46.2 x 30.8 cm. Provenance: Anon. sale, Christie's, London, 6 February 1981, lot 121 (part). Private Collection, UK. Note: The artist repeatedly returned to the subject of young female figures in a natural setting, often as the personification of the seasons. Boughton's paintings generally present a somewhat romanticised image of rural labour, even when they are not explicitly allegorical, with the present work depicting a contemplative young figure lost in thought, in a dark and dreamy setting. Her pose, the drapery of her costume, and the jug, which is filled to the right, hint towards an element of Classicism.
Wouter Van Twiller's Court New Amsterdam Oil on canvas Backed with board, signed with initials "GHB" lower right h. 24-1/4 w. 30 in. overall: 29 x 34-3/4 in. (frame) Remant on back of picture with explanation of the scene: " The two parties being confront--------, each produced a book of accounts written in a manner and character that would have puzzled any but a high--------commentator or a learned decipherer of Egyptian obelisks to understand. The sage Wouter took them one after the other, and having poised them in his hands,and attentively counted over the number of leaves, fell straightway into a very great doubt. He smoked for half and hour without saying a word; at long while, with his finger beside his nose, and shutting his eyes for----with the air of a man who has just caught a subtle-----, he slowly took his pipe from his mouth, puffed forth a column of tobacco smoke, and, with marvelous gravity and solemnity, pronounced---that having carefully counted over the leaves and weighed the books, it was found that one was just as thick and heavy as the other; therefore, it was the final opinion of the court that the accounts were equally balanced--therefore, Wandle should give Barent a receipt, and Barent should give Wandle a receipt." Knickerbocker's History of New York
George H. Boughton, R.A. English/American, 1833-1905 A Stroll through the Woods Signed G.H. Boughton (ll) Oil on canvas 18 x 12 inches (45.7 x 30.5 cm) C
Property from a Private Collection, Savannah, GA Description: George Henry Boughton (British/American, 1833-1905), Indifference, Oil on Canvas, signed lower left, depicting two ladies and a gentleman walking in a field with geese, figures, and house in the distance, with old lot label 'Consignor # 35416, Item # 3' on verso, in a giltwood frame with artist plaque. Frame size: 25 1/4 in. x 43 in. Provenance: James D. Julia, Fairfield, Main, February 4th, 2011, lot 1244; Private collection, Hilton Head, South Carolina; Shannon's Fine Art Auctioneers, Milford, Connecticut, October 26th, 2017, lot 154. Please note the painting was titled on original brass artist plaque when it was sold in 2011 at James D. Julia. George Henry Boughton was born in Norwich, England and emigrated to Albany, New York with his family as a young boy. He was an Anglo-American landscape and genre painter, illustrator and writer. Today examples of his work can be found in the collections of numerous public and private collections including Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, NJ; Tate Gallery, London; Royal Academy of Arts, London; Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam; and Victoria and Albert Museum, London, among others. (Tate.org) Measurements: Height: by sight 17 1/2 in. x Width: 35 1/4 in. Condition: Overall good condition, relined, small scattered spots of inpainting throughout, light wear to frame with some separation at corners.
George Henry Boughton (British/American, 1833-1905) Untitled (Dutch girl on the ice), oil painting on panel, signed lower right, partially effaced. Gilt wood frame. Size: 13'' x 9'', 33 x 23 cm (board); 21'' x 16.5'', 53 x 42 cm (frame). Provenance: Rifkin Fine Arts; Private Pennsylvania Collection.
George Henry Boughton, RA, British / American 1833-1905- Sunday Morning; oil on canvas, signed with initials and dated 'G.H.B. / 68' (lower left), 51.5 x 38.5 cm., (unframed). Provenance: The Executors of William Frederick Harris Esq. sale, Christie's, London, 4 June 1917, lot 158 (part) [15gns (£15 15s) to Good[en] & Fox]. Please refer to department for condition report
George Henry Boughton (British/American, 1833-1905) "Indifference" oil on canvas signed lower left. Framed. 18" x 36", framed 25" x 43" Provenance: James D. Julia, Fairfield, Maine, February 4, 2011, lot 1244; Private collection, Hilton Head, South Carolina; Shannon's Fine Art Auctioneers, Milford, Connecticut, October 26, 2017, lot 154; Private collection, Georgia. Notes: Painting was titled on original brass artist plaque when it was sold in 2011 at James D. Julia with the accompanying poem: When my hair is gray, then shall I be wise then, thank heaven I shall not care for bronze brown eyes."
GEORGE HENRY BOUGHTON New York/England, 1833-1905 An English castle, likely Windsor. Signed lower right "G.H. Boughton". Inscribed on old label verso "Painted by Geo. H. Boughton Ob England 1834".
BOUGHTON GEORGE HENRY (1834 - 1905) olieverfschilderij op doek : "Vissers op de kade" - 31 x 51 getekend / toegeschreven aan 19th Cent. oil on canvas - signed / attributed to George Henry Boughton
George Henry Boughton (American/English, 1833-1905) oil on canvas depicting a farmer and children creekside with watering cattle, signed, dated, and titled verso, "G.H. Boughton, View of Westmorland, England 1853" 30" x 44" canvas, unframed. Deaccession of the Albany Institute Collection late 70s early 80s.
George Henry Boughton. Pre-Raphaelite painting of a minstrel on a winter street. Oil on panel. Monogramed lower left. Dated 1871 lower right. Framed. Sight: 9 x 10.5in. Overall: 14.75 x 16in.
George Henry Boughton (British/American, 1833-1905) "Indifference" oil on canvas signed lower left. Framed. 18" x 36", framed 25" x 43" Provenance: James D. Julia, Fairfield, Maine, February 4, 2011, lot 1244; Private collection, Hilton Head, South Carolina; Shannon's Fine Art Auctioneers, Milford, Connecticut, October 26, 2017, lot 154; Private collection, Georgia. Literature: Painting was titled on original brass artist plaque when it was sold in 2011 at James D. Julia with the accompanying poem: When my hair is gray, then shall I be wise then, thank heaven I shall not care for bronze brown eyes."
George Henry Boughton (American, 1833-1905) Frosty Morning Oil on canvas 14-1/4 x 12-1/4 inches (36.2 x 31.1 cm) Initialed lower right: GHB PROVENANCE: Sotheby's, New York, November 29, 1995, lot 99; Private collection, New York, acquired from the above; By descent to the present owner. EXHIBITED: Coe Kerr Gallery, New York, n.d. HID01801242017
George Henry Boughton (1834-1905), George Henry Boughton RA (1834-1905), A young girl seated in a farmyard, with a cat on her lap and a cockerel; A young girl crying, with a hen and chicks a pair, signed with monogram and dated '90 l.l. and l.r. respectively, oil on board 30.5 x 23cm (2)
George Henry Boughton, RA (Anglo-American, 1833-1905) Autumn signed with initials on the rock lower left 'G.H.B.' oil on panel 74 x 49cm Footnote: Provenance: Sir Charles Tennant, 1st Bt. (1823-1906); George Davidson Ltd, 123 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow; From the collection of Hubert Faure (1919-2020), Albany, Piccadilly, London Exhibited: Australia, 'Melbourne Centennial Exhibition', 1st August 1888 - 9th March 1889, lent by Sir Charles Tennant, Bt.
George Henry Boughton (1834-1905) George Henry Boughton RA (1834-1905) A young girl seated in a farmyard, with a cat on her lap and a cockerel; A young girl crying, with a hen and chicks a pair, signed with monogram and dated '90 l.l. and l.r. respectively, oil on board 30.5 x 23cm (2)
George Henri Boughton. 1833 Norwich - 1905 London - Englische Sommerlandschaft - Öl/Lwd. 84 x 121 cm. Monogr. und dat. r. u.: 19 GHB 03. Rahmen. Rest. Farbabplatzer.
GEORGE HENRY BOUGHTON (English/American 1833-1905) A PAINTING, "Scene is Schoharie Co., N.Y. Windmill," oil on mahogany, signed in initials L/R, verso inscribed with location, title, and signature of artist, including old paper label. 9" x 11"
MARSHALL (20TH CENTURY, US) DEPICTING VARIOUS GENTLEMEN DOING ACTIVITIES. SIGHT SIZE 13 1/2" X 9", WITH FRAME 20 1/2" X 15 1/4". ANOTHER BY GEORGE HENRY BOUGHTON (1833-1905, NY, ENGLAND) OF A SEATED GIRL. SIGHT SIZE 4 3/4" X 4", WITH FRAME 14 1/4" X 12 1/4". THE THIRD IS AN UNSIGNED DRAWING OF A HOUSE DATED SEPT 20. SIGHT SIZE 4" X 6 1/2", WITH FRAME 9 3/4" X 11 3/4". FINALLY, THERE IS ANOTHER UNSIGNED DRAWING. DATED 17 JULY. SIGHT SIZE 5" X 7 1/2", WITH FRAME 12" X 13 3/4".
GEORGE HENRY BOUGHTON New York/England, 1833-1905 An English castle, likely Windsor. Signed lower right "G.H. Boughton". Inscribed on old label verso "Painted by Geo. H. Boughton Ob England 1834". Oil on canvas, 25" x 30". Framed 37" x 42". Frame depth 6".
George Henry Boughton (1834-1905) American. The Springtime of Love , a Mother and Child with Geese in the foreground, Oil on Panel, Signed, and Signed and Inscribed on a label on the reverse, 12 x 18 .
George H. Boughton (British / American, 1833-1905), Portrait of a Young Girl pastel on paper, monogrammed at lower left, presented under glass in a later frame. DOA 18.5 x 14.5 in. A letter on stationary from The Empress Club in London and dated "Xmas 1931" reads "Dear Mrs. Birks / this little painting by my uncle George Boughton R.A. carries with it best wishes for a Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year to you all from the (illegible) who can never forget your kind & delightful hospitality. / V. sincerely / F. Robb." Collection of a Gentleman, Fayetteville, North Carolina Additional high-resolution photos are available at LelandLittle.com
