James E. Buttersworth

San Salvadore (c. 1869–1886) in the collection at The Mariners' Museum.

James Edward Buttersworth (1817–1894) was an English painter who specialized in maritime art and is considered among the foremost ship portraitists in the United States of the nineteenth century.[1] His paintings are particularly known for their meticulous detail, dramatic settings, and grace in movement.


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