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Thomas Buttersworth (5 May 1768 – November 1842) was an English seaman of the
File:BRITISH ARMED TOP SAIL SCHOONER OFF MALAGA, SPAIN.jpg, ''British armed top sail schooner off Malaga, Spain'', in the collection at The Mariners' Museum
File:British brig attacking a French lugger.jpg, ''British brig attacking a French lugger'' in the collection at The Mariners' Museum
File:The London off the Seven Sisters.jpg, ''the London off the Seven Sisters'' (1820) in the collection at The Mariners' Museum
File:Battle between United States & Macedonian.jpg, ''battle between United States & Macedonian'' (ca. 1820) in the collection at The Mariners' Museum
Thomas Buttersworth (5 May 1768 – November 1842) was an English seaman of the Napoleonic wars
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period who became a marine painter. He produced works to commission, and was little exhibited during his lifetime.
Life
Butterworth was born on the Isle of Wight. He enlisted in theRoyal Navy
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in London
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in 1795, and served on HMS ''Caroline'' during the wars with France
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, before being invalided home from Menorca
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in 1800.
The National Maritime Museum
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in London has 27 watercolours by him, several of which are mounted on sheets from 18th century printed signal and muster books. He went on to paint numerous naval battle scenes and pictures such as the ‘'Inshore Squadron off Cadiz in 1797'’ which are thought to show scenes he witnessed. On being appointed Marine Painter to the East India Company
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he painted ship portraits on commission. It had been thought that he died in 1830, but recent research has found that he painted Queen Victoria's visit to Edinburgh
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in 1842 before he died in London later that year.
His son James Edward Buttersworth (1817–1894) also became a maritime painter.Robert McKenna, ''The Dictionary of Nautical Literacy'' McGraw Hill 2003 page 48
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Buttersworth, Thomas 1768 births 1842 deaths 19th-century English painters English male painters English war artists English marine artists Royal Navy officers 19th-century English male artists