About the artist
Bolton had no formal training but was a gifted naturalist, authoring and illustrating books on diverse subjects like ferns, flowers, and birds. Besides being an art instructor, he also ran a pub in his hometown, Warley.
In 1785, Bolton created the illustrations for Richard Relhan's Flora Cantabrigiensis and published his first work, Filices Britannicae. It was a beautifully illustrated two-volume study of British ferns. Bolton not only sketched but also etched the illustrations himself, and his work comprised unique research and fieldwork.
Between 1788 and 1791, he produced An History of Fungusses growing about Halifax, a four-volume work covering 231 fungus species. It was the first British book on fungi and it stood out for Bolton's remarkable colour visuals.
He died in Warley, West Riding of Yorkshire, in 1799.
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