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Butler Clowes

Butler Clowes was an engraver (died 1788).

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Identity

What the record establishes about Butler Clowes.

A vicar prays for a dying usurer while his wife receives medical advice. Mezzotint by B. Clowes after W. Dawes, 1768. is dated 12 March 1768 and held by Wellcome Collection. Trade card of James Lambert, Coach and Sign Painting, Lewes (near Brighton) is dated ca. 1760–70 and held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art (inventory 47.91.4). Trade Card of John Smith, Map and Printseller, at Hogarth's Head, Cheapside is dated ca. 1760 and held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art (inventory 51.577). Gentlemen being instructed in dancing and posture. Mezzotint by B. Clowes after J. Collet, ca. 1768. is dated 1768 and held by Wellcome Collection. A School Boy (William Elmer) is dated 1772 and held by Yale Center for British Art (inventory B1970.3.844). The Metropolitan Museum of Art records 5 objects associated with this heading.

Yale Center for British Art records 6 objects associated with this heading. Wellcome Collection records 2 objects associated with this heading. Butler Clowes is recorded as engraver.

Works and catalogued output

The Metropolitan Museum of Art catalogues 2 works under this heading. Wikidata Query Service catalogues 5 works under this heading. Wellcome Collection catalogues 2 works under this heading.

Authority records

The identifiers under which Butler Clowes may be traced in institutional catalogues.

Butler Clowes is established in the international name authorities as Wikidata Q17986554.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 2 named public collections.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art: 5 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

4 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Clowes, Butler, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011. Clowes, Butler (d 1782), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2017. Acoustics of Clowes Memorial Hall, Butler University, Indianapolis, Indiana, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 1964. Building the Clowes Collection, Masterpieces from the Clowes Collection: Paintings, 2022.

Evidence base

This article draws on 4 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 4 means 4 genuinely separate publishers of record. 16 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Chronology

  1. 1760Trade Card of John Smith, Map and Printseller, at Hogarth's Head, Cheapside (The Metropolitan Museum of Art).
  2. 1760Trade card of James Lambert, Coach and Sign Painting, Lewes (near Brighton) is dated ca. 1760–70 and held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art (inventory 47.91.4).
  3. 1760Trade Card of John Smith, Map and Printseller, at Hogarth's Head, Cheapside is dated ca. 1760 and held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art (inventory 51.577).
  4. 1760Trade card of James Lambert, Coach and Sign Painting, Lewes (near Brighton) (The Metropolitan Museum of Art).
  5. 1762The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director digitised by Internet Archive.
  6. 1768The Hen Peckt Husband (Yale Center for British Art).
  7. 1768A Rescue or the Tars Triumphant (Yale Center for British Art).
  8. 1768The Dying Usurer or the Wife Physician (Yale Center for British Art).
  9. 1768A vicar prays for a dying usurer while his wife receives medical advice. Mezzotint by B. Clowes after W. Dawes, 1768. is dated 12 March 1768 and held by Wellcome Collection.
  10. 1768Gentlemen being instructed in dancing and posture. Mezzotint by B. Clowes after J. Collet, ca. 1768. is dated 1768 and held by Wellcome Collection.
  11. 1768Gentlemen being instructed in dancing and posture. Mezzotint by B. Clowes after J. Collet, ca. 1768. (Wellcome Collection).
  12. 1768A vicar prays for a dying usurer while his wife receives medical advice. Mezzotint by B. Clowes after W. Dawes, 1768. (Wellcome Collection).
  13. 1770The Engineer (Yale Center for British Art).
  14. 1772A School Boy (William Elmer) (Yale Center for British Art).
  15. 1772A School Boy (William Elmer) is dated 1772 and held by Yale Center for British Art (inventory B1970.3.844).
  16. 1788Butler Clowes died.
  17. 1788Butler Clowes died in 1788.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    Acoustics of Clowes Memorial Hall, Butler University, Indianapolis, Indiana, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 1964

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    Building the Clowes Collection, Masterpieces from the Clowes Collection: Paintings, 2022

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    Clowes, Butler (d 1782), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2017

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  4. 4.

    Clowes, Butler, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  5. 5.

    Clowes, Daniel, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  6. 6.

    Clowes, Oxford Music Online, 2001

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  7. 7.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q17986554: Butler Clowes

    Institutional database · Scholarly · Wikimedia Foundation

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  8. 8.

    Internet Archive, 1 digitised item catalogued under Butler Clowes as creator.

    digital repository · Unverified

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  9. 9.

    The Metropolitan Museum of Art, collection records associated with Butler Clowes (5 objects).

    museum collection · Unverified · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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  10. 10.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 2 works naming Butler Clowes.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

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  11. 11.

    “Butler Clowes”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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