George Henry Boughton RA (1833-1905) was an Anglo-American landscape and genre painter, illustrator and writer.
Boughton was born in Norwich in Norfolk, England, the son of farmer William Boughton. The family emigrated to the United States in 1835, and he grew up in Albany, New York where he started his career as a self-taught artist. At this early stage, he was influenced by the artists of the Hudson River School.