Art Funded
Collection of Hugh Thomson
© Coleraine Museum
Hugh Thomson (1860 - 1920)
Coleraine Museum
1876-1910
A collection of 514 watercolours and drawings including original drawings for book illustrations. Among others, Thomson was commissioned to illustrate works by William Shakespeare, Charles Dickens, Jane Austen and 10 volumes of the Highways and Byways series (work from the Highway and Byways in North Wales illustrated). Thomson is considered to be one of the top book illustrators of the time.
- Medium: watercolours; pen & ink; pencil
- Dimensions: various
- Art Fund Grant: £40000 ( Total: £134,020)
- ArtFunded in: 2005
- Vendor: J & J Gamble Emerald Isle Books
Provenance
By descent in the artist's family; J & J Gamble Emeral Isle Books, 1970s.
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