Thomas Buttersworth

Thomas Buttersworth (5 May 1768 – November 1842) was an English seaman of the Napoleonic wars period who became a marine painter.

He enlisted in the Royal Navy in London in 1795, and served on HMS Caroline during the wars with France, before being invalided home from Menorca in 1800.

The National Maritime Museum in London has 27 watercolours by him, several of which are mounted on sheets from 18th century printed signal and muster books.

On being appointed Marine Painter to the East India Company he painted ship portraits on commission.

[1] His son James Edward Buttersworth (1817–1894) also became a maritime painter.