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Arthur Boyd Houghton

Also known as: Arthur Boyd Houghton; primary name: Houghton, Arthur Boyd
Details: individual; painter/draughtsman; British; Male
Life dates: 1836-1875
Biography: Draughtsman illustrator on wood and painter; trained with the engraver J.W.Whymper; illustrated the Dalziels' 'Arabian Nights' Entertainments,' 1864.
Bibliography: R.K.Engen, 'Dictionary of Victorian Wood Engravers,' 1985 P.Hogarth, 'A.B.Houghton,' Victoria and Albert Museum catalogue, 1975; Sauer

210 related objects

drawing

Museum number: 1953,0411.14 |
Producer name: BIOG32124 Drawn by:Arthur Boyd Houghton |
Production date: 1836-1875

print; book; book-illustration; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1992,0406.212.f |
Producer name: After:Hablot Knight Browne (Phiz)After:Edwin Buckman

print; book-illustration

Title: Death of the Old Gardener |
Museum number: 1913,0415.179.121 |
Producer name: After:Arthur Boyd HoughtonBlock cut by:Dalziel Brothers |
Production date: 1865 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book; book-illustration

Museum number: 1992,0406.29 |
Producer name: Published by:RoutledgeBlock cut by:Dalziel Brothers |
Production date: 1870 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: The Magician Commanding Aladdin to Give up the Lamp |
Museum number: 1913,0415.179.182 |
Producer name: After:Arthur Boyd HoughtonBlock cut by:Dalziel Brothers |
Production date: 1865 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Marzavan Discovers the Prince |
Museum number: 1913,0415.179.116 |
Producer name: After:Arthur Boyd HoughtonBlock cut by:Dalziel Brothers |
Production date: 1865 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book; book-illustration; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1992,0406.206.c |
Producer name: Published by:Alexander StrahanAfter:John Everett Millais |
Production date: 1863 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)Printed in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: The Jewellers examing the Twenty-Three Lattices |
Museum number: 1913,0415.179.192 |
Producer name: After:Arthur Boyd HoughtonBlock cut by:Dalziel Brothers |
Production date: 1865 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Camaralzaman Follows the Bird |
Museum number: 1913,0415.179.118 |
Producer name: After:Arthur Boyd HoughtonBlock cut by:Dalziel Brothers |
Production date: 1865 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Aladdin watching his Mother depart for the Palace |
Museum number: 1913,0415.179.185 |
Producer name: After:Arthur Boyd HoughtonBlock cut by:Dalziel Brothers |
Production date: 1865 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: John the Baptist reproving Herod |
Museum number: 2010,7033.11 |
Producer name: BIOG32124 After:Arthur Boyd Houghton |
Production date: 1876

print; book-illustration; album

Title: India-Proofs of Wood-Engravings by The Brothers Dalziel |
Museum number: 1913,0415.191 |
Producer name: Print made by:Dalziel BrothersPublished by:Longman |
Production date: 1872

print; book-illustration; album

Title: India-Proofs of Wood-Engravings by The Brothers Dalziel |
Museum number: 1913,0415.178 |
Producer name: Block cut by:Dalziel BrothersAfter:Charles Henry Bennett |
Production date: 1863

print; book-illustration; album

Title: India-Proofs of Wood-Engravings by The Brothers Dalziel |
Museum number: 1913,0415.179 |
Producer name: Block cut by:Dalziel BrothersAfter:William Paton Burton |
Production date: 1863-1867

print; book-illustration

Title: An Encounter |
Museum number: 1910,0811.39 |
Producer name: After:Arthur Boyd HoughtonBlock cut by:Dalziel Brothers |
Production date: 1865

print; book-illustration

Title: The Mock Burial |
Museum number: 1910,0811.35 |
Producer name: After:Arthur Boyd HoughtonBlock cut by:Dalziel Brothers |
Production date: 1865

print; book-illustration

Title: The Sports of Childhood Show the Future Man |
Museum number: 1910,0811.26 |
Producer name: After:Arthur Boyd HoughtonBlock cut by:Dalziel Brothers |
Production date: 1865

print; book-illustration

Title: The Noah's Ark |
Museum number: 1910,0811.11 |
Producer name: After:Arthur Boyd HoughtonBlock cut by:Dalziel Brothers |
Production date: 1865

print; book-illustration

Title: The Pleasures and Pains of Childhood |
Museum number: 1910,0811.38 |
Producer name: After:Arthur Boyd HoughtonBlock cut by:Dalziel Brothers |
Production date: 1865

print; book-illustration

Title: Guessing |
Museum number: 1910,0811.41 |
Producer name: After:Arthur Boyd HoughtonBlock cut by:Dalziel Brothers |
Production date: 1865

print; book-illustration

Title: The Jealous Boy |
Museum number: 1910,0811.21 |
Producer name: After:Arthur Boyd HoughtonBlock cut by:Dalziel Brothers |
Production date: 1865

print; book-illustration

Title: The Music of Childhood |
Museum number: 1910,0811.10 |
Producer name: After:Arthur Boyd HoughtonBlock cut by:Dalziel Brothers |
Production date: 1865

print; book-illustration

Title: Can and Could |
Museum number: 1902,1126.8 |
Producer name: After:Arthur Boyd HoughtonBlock cut by:Joseph Swain |
Production date: 1865

print; book-illustration

Title: The Scramble for Sugarplums |
Museum number: 1910,0811.30 |
Producer name: After:Arthur Boyd HoughtonBlock cut by:Dalziel Brothers |
Production date: 1865

print; book-illustration

Title: The Baby Brigade |
Museum number: 1910,0811.15 |
Producer name: After:Arthur Boyd HoughtonBlock cut by:Dalziel Brothers |
Production date: 1865

print; book-illustration

Title: At School |
Museum number: 1910,0811.29 |
Producer name: After:Arthur Boyd HoughtonBlock cut by:Dalziel Brothers |
Production date: 1865

print; book-illustration

Title: A Sick Child |
Museum number: 1910,0811.40 |
Producer name: After:Arthur Boyd HoughtonBlock cut by:Dalziel Brothers |
Production date: 1865

print; book-illustration

Title: A Child's Garden |
Museum number: 1910,0811.31 |
Producer name: After:Arthur Boyd HoughtonBlock cut by:Dalziel Brothers |
Production date: 1865

print; book-illustration

Title: Law and Justice |
Museum number: 1910,0811.16 |
Producer name: After:Arthur Boyd HoughtonBlock cut by:Dalziel Brothers |
Production date: 1865

print; book-illustration

Title: At the Sweets |
Museum number: 1910,0811.12 |
Producer name: After:Arthur Boyd HoughtonBlock cut by:Dalziel Brothers |
Production date: 1865

print; book-illustration

Title: Grandmother Nodding |
Museum number: 1910,0811.37 |
Producer name: After:Arthur Boyd HoughtonBlock cut by:Dalziel Brothers |
Production date: 1865

print; book-illustration; album

Title: India-Proofs of Wood-Engravings by The Brothers Dalziel |
Museum number: 1913,0415.189 |
Producer name: Print made by:Dalziel BrothersPublished by:Alexander Strahan |
Production date: 1871

print; book-illustration

Title: The journey of Prince Firouz Schah and the Princess of Bengal |
Museum number: 1913,0415.179.220 |
Producer name: After:Arthur Boyd HoughtonBlock cut by:Dalziel Brothers |
Production date: 1865 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book; book-illustration

Museum number: 1992,0406.388 |
Producer name: After:Arthur Boyd HoughtonPublished by:Alexander Strahan |
Production date: 1866 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Camaralzaman commands Giondar to put the Princes to Death |
Museum number: 1913,0415.179.349 |
Producer name: After:Arthur Boyd HoughtonBlock cut by:Dalziel Brothers |
Production date: 1865 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: The Lady Watches the Conflict |
Museum number: 1913,0415.179.162 |
Producer name: After:Arthur Boyd HoughtonBlock cut by:Dalziel Brothers |
Production date: 1865 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book; book-illustration

Museum number: 1992,0406.184 |
Producer name: Block cut by:J Rapkin & SonBlock cut by:Dalziel Brothers |
Production date: 1869 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: The Envious Man Plucks the Hairs out of the Cat's Tail |
Museum number: 1913,0415.179.52 |
Producer name: After:Arthur Boyd HoughtonBlock cut by:Dalziel Brothers |
Production date: 1865 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration; book

Museum number: 1996,1104.41 |
Producer name: After:William Paton BurtonAfter:Thomas Bolton Gilchrist Septimus Dalziel |
Production date: 1867 |
Production place: Printed in:London (England)Published in:London (England)

print; book; book-illustration; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1992,0406.206.b |
Producer name: Published by:Alexander StrahanAfter:John Everett Millais |
Production date: 1862 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)Printed in:Edinburgh

print; book-illustration

Title: The People Rejoicing |
Museum number: 1913,0415.179.221 |
Producer name: After:Arthur Boyd HoughtonBlock cut by:Dalziel Brothers |
Production date: 1865 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book; book-illustration

Museum number: 1992,0406.21 |
Producer name: After:Frederic Leighton, Baron LeightonAfter:Edward John Poynter |
Production date: 1881 |
Production place: Printed in:London (England)Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: The Brother and Sister |
Museum number: 1913,0415.179.140 |
Producer name: After:Arthur Boyd HoughtonBlock cut by:Dalziel Brothers |
Production date: 1865 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: King Beder Washed Ashore |
Museum number: 1913,0415.179.147 |
Producer name: After:Arthur Boyd HoughtonBlock cut by:Dalziel Brothers |
Production date: 1865 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: The Travellers Resting before Damascus |
Museum number: 1913,0415.179.88 |
Producer name: After:Arthur Boyd HoughtonBlock cut by:Dalziel Brothers |
Production date: 1865 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book; book-illustration

Museum number: 1992,0406.127 |
Producer name: After:Arthur Boyd HoughtonBlock cut by:Dalziel Brothers |
Production date: 1865 |
Production place: Printed in:London (England)Published in:London (England)

print; book; book-illustration

Museum number: 1992,0406.99 |
Producer name: After:Arthur Boyd HoughtonBlock cut by:Dalziel Brothers |
Production date: 1867 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Zobeide Prepares to Whip the Dogs |
Museum number: 1913,0415.179.47 |
Producer name: After:Arthur Boyd HoughtonBlock cut by:Dalziel Brothers |
Production date: 1865 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Nuptial Cavalcade of the Younger Sister |
Museum number: 1913,0415.179.234 |
Producer name: After:Arthur Boyd HoughtonBlock cut by:Dalziel Brothers |
Production date: 1865 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book; book-illustration; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1992,0406.207.c |
Producer name: After:Arthur HughesAfter:John Gordon Thomson |
Production date: 1870-1871 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Agib and Schoolfellows |
Museum number: 1913,0415.179.76 |
Producer name: After:Arthur Boyd HoughtonBlock cut by:Dalziel Brothers |
Production date: 1865 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book; book-illustration

Museum number: 1992,0406.35 |
Producer name: After:Joseph WolfAfter:Arthur Boyd Houghton |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book; book-illustration; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1992,0406.206.h |
Producer name: Published by:Alexander StrahanPrinted by:Virtue & Co |
Production date: 1868 |
Production place: Made in:London (England)Printed in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Aladdin's Slaves bring Presents to the Sultan |
Museum number: 1913,0415.179.189 |
Producer name: After:Arthur Boyd HoughtonBlock cut by:Dalziel Brothers |
Production date: 1865 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: The Rage of the King of Samandal |
Museum number: 1913,0415.179.144 |
Producer name: After:Arthur Boyd HoughtonBlock cut by:Dalziel Brothers |
Production date: 1865 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration; book

Museum number: 1992,0406.98 |
Producer name: After:Arthur Boyd HoughtonBlock cut by:Dalziel Brothers |
Production date: 1868 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Aladdin, in Despair, Contemplates Suicide |
Museum number: 1913,0415.179.195 |
Producer name: After:Arthur Boyd HoughtonBlock cut by:Dalziel Brothers |
Production date: 1865 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book; book-illustration

Museum number: 1992,0406.96 |
Producer name: After:Arthur Boyd HoughtonBlock cut by:Dalziel Brothers |
Production date: [1874] |
Production place: Printed in:London (England)Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Chronicles being read to the King Dalziels' Bible Gallery |
Museum number: 1913,0415.201.666 |
Producer name: After:Arthur Boyd HoughtonBlock cut by:Dalziel Brothers |
Production date: 1860-1881 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book; book-illustration

Museum number: 1992,0406.295 |
Producer name: After:Arthur Boyd HoughtonBlock cut by:Dalziel Brothers |
Production date: 1866 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: The Six Slaves Presented to Aladdin's Mother |
Museum number: 1913,0415.179.190 |
Producer name: After:Arthur Boyd HoughtonBlock cut by:Dalziel Brothers |
Production date: 1865 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: My Treasure True or False? |
Museum number: 1992,0406.426-472 |
Producer name: After:Arthur Boyd HoughtonBlock cut by:Dalziel Brothers |
Production date: 1861-1871 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Scheherezade is Pardoned |
Museum number: 1913,0415.179.244 |
Producer name: After:Arthur Boyd HoughtonBlock cut by:Dalziel Brothers |
Production date: 1865 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Queen Labe Unveils before King Beder |
Museum number: 1913,0415.179.148 |
Producer name: After:Arthur Boyd HoughtonBlock cut by:Dalziel Brothers |
Production date: 1865 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Bedreddin Hassan and the Jew Isaac |
Museum number: 1913,0415.179.73 |
Producer name: After:Arthur Boyd HoughtonBlock cut by:Dalziel Brothers |
Production date: 1865 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: The Jew examines the Diamond |
Museum number: 1913,0415.179.207 |
Producer name: After:Arthur Boyd HoughtonBlock cut by:Dalziel Brothers |
Production date: 1865 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book; book-illustration

Museum number: 1992,0406.49 |
Producer name: After:Arthur Boyd HoughtonBlock cut by:Dalziel Brothers |
Production date: 1878 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: The Favourite Locking the Merchant in the Box |
Museum number: 1913,0415.179.86 |
Producer name: After:Arthur Boyd HoughtonBlock cut by:Dalziel Brothers |
Production date: 1865 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: The Indian Prostrates himself before the King of Persia |
Museum number: 1913,0415.179.217 |
Producer name: After:Arthur Boyd HoughtonBlock cut by:Dalziel Brothers |
Production date: 1865 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1992,0406.12 |
Producer name: After:Sir John TennielAfter:John Everett Millais |
Production date: 1865 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: The Sultan's Surprise at the Disappearance of Aladdin's Palace |
Museum number: 1913,0415.179.194 |
Producer name: After:Arthur Boyd HoughtonBlock cut by:Dalziel Brothers |
Production date: 1865 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book; book-illustration

Museum number: 1992,0406.235 |
Producer name: After:Francis Arthur FraserAfter:Francis S Walker |
Production date: 1871 |
Production place: Printed in:London (England)Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: King Beder in Love |
Museum number: 1913,0415.179.143 |
Producer name: After:Arthur Boyd HoughtonBlock cut by:Dalziel Brothers |
Production date: 1865 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Schacabac Knocks down the Barmecide |
Museum number: 1913,0415.179.99 |
Producer name: After:Arthur Boyd HoughtonBlock cut by:Dalziel Brothers |
Production date: 1865 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book; book-illustration

Museum number: 1992,0406.136 |
Producer name: After:Robert BarnesAfter:Mary Ellen Edwards |
Production date: 1867 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book; book-illustration

Museum number: 1996,1104.19 |
Producer name: After:William Harry RogersAfter:William S Brunton |
Production date: 1867 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1913,0415.179.249 |
Producer name: After:Arthur Boyd HoughtonBlock cut by:Dalziel Brothers |
Production date: 1865 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book; book-illustration; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1992,0406.218.a |
Producer name: After:Arthur Boyd HoughtonAfter:John Dawson Watson |
Production date: 1866-1867 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: The Grief of the Princess Balroudoubour at Parting from her Father |
Museum number: 1913,0415.179.191 |
Producer name: After:Arthur Boyd HoughtonBlock cut by:Dalziel Brothers |
Production date: 1865 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book; book-illustration

Museum number: 1992,0406.62 |
Producer name: After:Arthur Boyd HoughtonBlock cut by:Dalziel Brothers |
Production date: 1866 |
Production place: Printed in:London (England)Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: The Favourite Visiting the Merchant of Bagdad |
Museum number: 1913,0415.179.85 |
Producer name: After:Arthur Boyd HoughtonBlock cut by:Dalziel Brothers |
Production date: 1865 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Prince Codadad and his Mother |
Museum number: 1913,0415.179.161 |
Producer name: After:Arthur Boyd HoughtonBlock cut by:Dalziel Brothers |
Production date: 1865 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book; book-illustration; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1992,0406.218.b |
Producer name: After:George John PinwellAfter:Arthur Boyd Houghton |
Production date: 1868-1869 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book; book-illustration

Museum number: 1996,1104.44 |
Producer name: After:James Abbott PasquierAfter:Arthur Boyd Houghton |
Production date: 1868 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Aladdin's Mother Surprised at Seeing her Son so Handsomely Dressed |
Museum number: 1913,0415.179.181 |
Producer name: After:Arthur Boyd HoughtonBlock cut by:Dalziel Brothers |
Production date: 1865 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book; book-illustration; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1992,0406.210 |
Producer name: After:Matthew James LawlessAfter:George Du Maurier |
Production date: 1862 |
Production place: Printed in:London (England)Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Prince Codadad and the Peasant |
Museum number: 1913,0415.179.166 |
Producer name: After:Arthur Boyd HoughtonBlock cut by:Dalziel Brothers |
Production date: 1865 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Death of the African Magician |
Museum number: 1913,0415.179.197 |
Producer name: After:Arthur Boyd HoughtonBlock cut by:Dalziel Brothers |
Production date: 1865 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: The Princes Prostrate themselves before the Sultan of Persia |
Museum number: 1913,0415.179.240 |
Producer name: After:Arthur Boyd HoughtonBlock cut by:Dalziel Brothers |
Production date: 1865 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book; book-illustration

Museum number: 1992,0406.14 |
Producer name: Block cut by:Dalziel BrothersAfter:Arthur Boyd Houghton |
Production date: 1869 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book; book-illustration

Museum number: 1992,0406.382 |
Producer name: After:James McNeill WhistlerAfter:Frederick Walker |
Production date: 1876 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Aladdin sees the Princess Badroulboudour on her Way to her Bath |
Museum number: 1913,0415.179.184 |
Producer name: After:Arthur Boyd HoughtonBlock cut by:Dalziel Brothers |
Production date: 1865 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book; book-illustration

Museum number: 1992,0406.128 |
Producer name: After:Basil BradleyAfter:Hablot Knight Browne (Phiz) |
Production date: 1867 |
Production place: Printed in:London (England)Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: The African Magician Embracing Aladdin |
Museum number: 1913,0415.179.180 |
Producer name: After:Arthur Boyd HoughtonBlock cut by:Dalziel Brothers |
Production date: 1865 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: The Princess shows the Ring to the King of China |
Museum number: 1913,0415.179.115 |
Producer name: After:Arthur Boyd HoughtonBlock cut by:Dalziel Brothers |
Production date: 1865 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book; book-illustration

Museum number: 1992,0406.113 |
Producer name: After:Arthur Boyd HoughtonAfter:Edward Dalziel |
Production date: 1868 |
Production place: Printed in:London (England)Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Aladdin and the Drug Merchant |
Museum number: 1913,0415.179.196 |
Producer name: After:Arthur Boyd HoughtonBlock cut by:Dalziel Brothers |
Production date: 1865 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: The Grief of Camaralzaman |
Museum number: 1913,0415.179.124 |
Producer name: After:Arthur Boyd HoughtonBlock cut by:Dalziel Brothers |
Production date: 1865 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book; book-illustration; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1992,0406.218.d |
Producer name: After:James Drogmole LintonAfter:Arthur Hughes |
Production date: 1860-1871 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration; album

Title: India-Proofs of Wood-Engravings by The Brothers Dalziel |
Museum number: 1913,0415.187 |
Producer name: Print made by:Dalziel BrothersPublished by:Alexander Strahan |
Production date: 1869-1870

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