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Of Clonfert,
Galway, Ireland |
Father:
Rev. James
Strange Butson (1777 Bath -1845 Dublin) Archdeacon of Clonfert
Mother: Esther Eccles
Sinclair
- MARRIAGE: 1836 To:
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Richard Booth EYRE (Rev.) Rector of Eyrecourt,
(Grandson of Richard EYRE (Capt.), Brother of Lord Eyre)
Also,
Jane MOORE (GGG Niece of Lord EYRE)
Father:
Butler Dunboyne MOORE
of Shannon Grove
Mother:
Nance EYRE
- MARRIAGE: 29 Sept 1881 To:
- SINCLAIR EDWARD GOULD BUTSON
(Master of the Blazers)
- Who's Father Was:
Dean Butson
Who's Mother was:
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- An interesting aside: Located in the Huntington Museum of
Art. The Museum, in the Western corner of West
Virginia is a painting of
Christopher Butson,
Bishop of Clonfert (1804) by:
- Gilbert Stuart (1755-1828)
- Bishop Butson
- circa 1790
- oil on canvas
- Gift of George L. Bagby
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- Gilbert Stuart was one of America's first great painters. A native
of Rhode Island, he showed talent for drawing at an early age, and he
became an apprentice to the Scottish painter Cosmo Alexander, with
whom he journeyed to Scotland. Upon his return, Stuart established
himself as a portrait painter in the Newport area. The rumblings of
war, however, sent Stuart across the ocean again to London, where he
received assistance, training and employment from the expatriate
American Benjamin West. Stuart eventually was in great demand as a
portraitist, but his extravagant lifestyle and mounting debts forced
him to move in 1787 to Ireland. He received steady commissions for
paintings, including this portrait, done in the fluid style that was a
hallmark of Stuart's work, of Christopher Butson, who was elevated to
the position of Bishop of Clonfert in 1804. Stuart generally preferred
bust-length views, reserving full-length portraits for those of the
highest stature.
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- In 1792, again plagued by debt, Stuart sailed for the United
States, where he rapidly established his reputation as a portrait
painter. His likenesses of George Washington and many other notables
of the young republic were held up as standards by which other
painters of the day were measured.
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