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Frederick William Booty (1841 – 13 October 1924)Schofield, Brian. ''Who Was Who in British Philately''. London: British Philatelic Trust, 2003, p.10.
Online version here
was an English artist from , who was also the author of the first postage stamp catalogue in English,"Evolution of the Postage Stamp: Exhibition at Brighton" in ''The Times'', 9 January 1920, p.8. and the first illustrated stamp catalogue anywhere.
Art auction results for Frederick Booty. Retrieved 23 March 2010.Archived at WebCite here.
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Frederick William Booty (1841 – 13 October 1924)Schofield, Brian. ''Who Was Who in British Philately''. London: British Philatelic Trust, 2003, p.10.Online version here
was an English artist from , who was also the author of the first postage stamp catalogue in English,"Evolution of the Postage Stamp: Exhibition at Brighton" in ''The Times'', 9 January 1920, p.8. and the first illustrated stamp catalogue anywhere.
Education
Booty was born in Brighton, Sussex, the son of Edward and Fanny Booty. He later worked as an art professor in Yorkshire.Stamp catalogues
Booty's ''Aids to Stamp Collectors, being a list of British and Foreign Postage Stamps in Circulation since 1840 - by a Stamp Collector'', was published in April 1862, just weeks before Mount Brown issued his more successful work, and when Booty was in his early twenties.''The Stamp Lover'', Vol.1, No.1, June 1908, pp.5. The catalogue was partly based on earlier works produced in Belgium and France. Later in 1862, Booty was also the first to issue an illustrated catalogue, titled ''The Stamp Collector’s Guide; being a list of English and Foreign Postage Stamps, with 200 fac-simile drawings''. This edition listed 1100 stamps and Booty drew all of the illustrations himself.Birch, Brian. ''Biographies of Philatelists and Dealers''. 9th edition. Standish, Wigan: 2008, p.238. He reportedly used half a million stamps to compile the catalogue. Booty also contributed to the ''Monthly Advertiser'', published by Edward Moore & Co., in 1862. These catalogues appear to have been a business venture, capitalising on Booty's artistic skills, as there is no evidence that Booty was aphilatelist
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Art
Booty's watercolour landscape pictures are still regularly featured in art auctions in Britain. Although originally based in Brighton, his later work is mainly of scenes fromYorkshire
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, including Hull and the ports of Scarborough Scarborough or Scarboro may refer to:
People
* Scarborough (surname)
* Earl of Scarbrough
Places Australia
* Scarborough, Western Australia, suburb of Perth
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and Whitby
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. Harbour scenes were a popular subject with Booty. He also painted Yorkshire panoramas and the peacocks at Haddon Hall
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, Derbyshire
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See also
* Alfred Potiquet Author of the world's first illustrated stamp catalogue published 1861.Publications
*''Aids to Stamp Collectors, being a list of British and Foreign Postage Stamps in Circulation since 1840 - by a Stamp Collector''. 1st edition, H.& C. Treacher, Brighton, April 1862. (2nd edition 1862) *''The Stamp Collector’s Guide; being a list of English and Foreign Postage Stamps, with 200 fac-simile drawings''. 1st edition, H. & C. Treacher, Brighton, & Hamilton, Adams & Co., London, 1862.References
Further reading
*"The Frederick Booty bibliography" in ''The Stamp Lover'', 1909.External links
Profile at Who Was Who in British Philately.
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