/internal/media/dispatcher/774913/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailHôtel de Cluny1839Thomas Shotter BoysThomas Shotter Boys27.3 x 22.86 cm (10 3/4 x 9 in.)Crayon lithograph printed in colorBequest of William Pitt Preble LongfellowM250420Printed by C. Hullmandel, London; published by Boys. Hand-colored prints were common in the early nineteenth century but printing in several colors, an expensive procedure requiring skilled labor, was still relatively uncommon. Boys' city views, based on the English watercolor style, are regarded as the first artistically successful color lithographs.Prints27.300000000077201