Pencil drawing & charcoal, 30” x 20”
"June 2nd 1888, Snr J E Millais RA (Visitor), 12 Sittings, H T Bosdet"
Photo courtesy of Pierre Bosdet, Chorleywood, Herts
Drawings from the Life School, Royal Academy of Arts
Henry Bosdet enrolled as a student at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, on January 10th 1873, aged 17. By 1882 he was teaching at the Islington College of Art, and in 1883 was appointed Curator of the Life School at the Royal Academy. He exhibited an unnamed portrait at the Royal Academy in 1885, and in 1901 was mentioned in a letter (dated July 15th) to the Royal Academy by Ernst Crofts, Keeper of the RA Schools at Burlington House, praising Henry Bosdet's long service as Curator of the Life School (at that time 18 years' service). It is not clear from the signatures below if these drawings were drawn by the visiting RA tutors, or by Henry Thomas Bosdet, Curator.
Pencil drawing & charcoal, 30” x 20”
"June 2nd 1888, Snr J E Millais RA (Visitor), 12 Sittings, H T
Bosdet"
Photo courtesy of Pierre Bosdet,
Chorleywood, Herts
 Pencil drawing & charcoal, 20” x 30"  "June 16th 1888, Snr J E Millais RA (Visitor), 12 Sittings, H T Bosdet" Photo courtesy of Pierre Bosdet, Chorleywood, Herts |
 Pencil drawing & charcoal, 20” x 30”  "October 13th 1888, Seymour Lucas Esq ARA (Visitor), 12 Sittings, H T Bosdet" Photo courtesy of Julian Bosdet, Kensington, London |
 Pencil drawing & charcoal, 20” x 30”  "October 27th 1888, Seymour Lucas Esq ARA (Visitor), 12 Sittings, H T Bosdet" Photo courtesy of Julian Bosdet, Kensington, London |
 Pencil drawing & charcoal, 20” x 30”  1887 Photo courtesy of Barry Walsh Fine Art, Nottingham |