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A fine & important oil on canvas maritime ship's painting by Thomas Buttersworth (1768-1842), "A French Frigate Driven Ashore in the Gale after Trafalgar, 22nd October, 1805".
This captivating & dynamic painting was acquired from the prestigious Parker Gallery London in 1962, the Parker Gallery was established in 1750 & was located on Ablemarle Street London W1, the gallery specialized in Old Master paintings of high quality, Parker gallery label to the verso.
The painting depicts a frantic scene of a French frigate crashing against the rocks in a ferocious gale, two masts have been broken off with a sailor clinging onto the rigging of one in the middle of the sea, other sailors are up high on the remaining mast and others cling on to the deck. The painting is housed in a period gilded frame, to the front is a plaque with the artist's details stating "Thomas Buttersworth, FL, 1798-1827", the abbreviation "FL" stand for the Latin floruit, meaning flourished & to signify the dates the artist was active.
The painting is in excellent condition and is ready to grace your space, the work will be accompanied with a COA.
The painting at sight without frame 23.50" x 15.50"

Thomas Buttersworth (5 May 1768 – November 1842) was an English seaman of the Napoleonic wars period who became a marine painter. He produced works to commission, and was little exhibited during his lifetime.
Buttersworth was born on the Isle of Wight. 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, Spain in 1800.
The National Maritime Museum in London has 27 watercolors 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 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 in 1842 before he died in London later that year.
His son James Edward Buttersworth (1817–1894) also became a maritime painter