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James Edward Buttersworth
American 1817 -1894
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Born: |
Isle of Wight, England
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Died: |
West Hoboken, New Jersey, United States
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Addresses: |
England 1817-c.1845 West Hoboken, New Jersey, United States c.1850-1894
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Exhibited: |
American Art Union 1850-1852
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Examples of Work: |
Museum of the City of New York New York State Historical Association, Cooperstown Harvard University Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond
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Specialty: |
Painter
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Subjects Known For: |
Marine Landscapes Portraits
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BIOGRAPHY: |
(1817-1894) James Buttersworth was born in Middlesex County, England, and is presumed to have been the son of painter Thomas Buttersworth (1768-1842), though little is known of him before he emigrated to America. He settled in ...
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James E. Buttersworth, born in 1817, was a leading 19th century ship painter. His father had been an English painter and in generations to come, Buttersworth's son would also become a painter. He immigrated to the U.S. in 1845 and worked for Currier & Ives, who published his ship pictures as popula...
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