Quick Facts
Biography
Thomas Goldsworthy Dutton (1820-1891) was a 19th-century English marine lithographer, draftsman, watercolourist, painter, and etcher.
Early life
Born in 1820 in London, Middlesex, England and named after his father, an Ironmonger.
Married Martha Foster on 27 Apr 1843, at St John, Hackney, Middlesex. He lived thereafter mainly in Lambeth.
Career
He has the reputation of being one of the finest lithographers of 19th Century nautical scenes and ship portraits.
He was also a noted watercolorist, and oil painter.
His marine paintings were generally created for his lithographs. These original works are quite rare in the marketplace.
He practised from premises in Fleet Street, London, and his work was often exhibited at the Suffolk Street Gallery between 1858-1879.
The National Maritime Museum, Greenwich holds almost a complete collection of his published lithographs.
He is often incorrectly named as Thomas Goldsworth Dutton on the web.
He usually signed his work as "T G Dutton". Some water colours as "Thomas G Dutton" and there are oils signed "TGD", in one case at least on a buoy hidden within the painting.
Death
Dutton died 12 Mar 1891 at home a widower at Lavender Gardens, Clapham Common in Wandsworth, London, England. He was 17 March the South Metropolitan cemetery, Norwood, South London.
Collections
His works are in the following collections:
- The Royal Collection
- The National Maritime Museum, Greenwich
- Smithsonian National Museum of American History