Frederick William Booty (1841 – 13 October 1924)Schofield, Brian. ''Who Was Who in British Philately''. London: British Philatelic Trust, 2003, p.10.
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was an English artist who was also the author of the first postage

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ue 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 Brighton ( ) is a seaside resort in the city status in the United Kingdom, city of Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, England, south of London. Archaeological evidence of settlement in the area dates back to the Bronze Age Britain, Bronze Age, R ...

, 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 a

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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 from

Yorkshire Yorkshire ( ) is an area of Northern England which was History of Yorkshire, historically a county. Despite no longer being used for administration, Yorkshire retains a strong regional identity. The county was named after its county town, the ...

, including Hull and the ports of

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and

Whitby Whitby is a seaside town, port and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It is on the Yorkshire Coast at the mouth of the River Esk, North Yorkshire, River Esk and has a maritime, mineral and tourist economy. From the Middle Ages, Whitby ...

. Harbour scenes were a popular subject with Booty. He also painted Yorkshire panoramas and the peacocks at

Haddon Hall Haddon Hall is an English country house on the River Wye, Derbyshire, River Wye near Bakewell, Derbyshire, a former seat of the Duke of Rutland, Dukes of Rutland. It is the home of Lord Edward Manners (brother of David Manners, 11th Duke of Rut ...

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.Art auction results for Frederick Booty. Retrieved 23 March 2010.Archived at WebCite here.
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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.

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External links

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Booty, Frederick Philatelic literature 1924 deaths English watercolourists English draughtsmen 1841 births

Education

Stamp catalogues

Art

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