Timothy Butler
Born 1806 (Presumed)
Died 6 September 1885
Active: 1828 - 1879
Country of birth and death: England
Sculptor, architectural sculptor
Born Caversham, Oxford. Butler was christened on 24 October 1826. He entered the Royal Academy Schools in 1825 having won a silver medal from the Society of Arts for a plaster model after the antique the year before. Butler exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1828 and established a successful practice as a portrait sculptor although he also undertook architectural work. For example designing some lampstands for the Thames Embankment (1870) and also lions' heads for pedestals on the north and south side of the river.
Butler's daughter Clehorow Caroline (born c.1851) was described as a sculptor and his son, Timothy (born c.1855) was an illustrative draughtsman in 1881. He died at 186 Euston Road and was described in the probate calendar as a 'decayed sculptor'. Clehorow was Butler's sole executrix.
Wealth at death: £74 16s. 8d.
Probate date: 7 October 1885
Works
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Bust, in marble, posthumous, of the late Robert C. Edwards, MD
The Late Joseph Eaton, Esq.
1866 (Presumed)
George Thomas, Esq.
1866 (Presumed)
Locations
Address 1 Middlesex Place London England | View on map
1851 (Circa)
Address 270 Marylebone Road London England | View on map
1860 (Circa)
Address 186 Euston Road St. Pancras London England | View on map
1875
Change based on Graves, vol. I p.366-7
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Beneficiary of Turner Fund (Royal Academy of Arts), 1856-1951
20 March 1877
Elected as a 'Turner Annuitant' (for sculpture)on this date.
Exhibited at The International Exhibition, London, 1862
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts, The Eighty-Fourth, 1852
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts, The Eighty-Seventh, 1855
p.55
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1828 - 1879
Exhibited 46 times altogether (27 times from 1851), an average of 3 works per year.
Exhibited at Exhibition of the Bristol Academy, Works of Modern Artists, The Twenty-First, 1866
1866
Exhibited at Dublin Exhibition of Arts, Industries and Manufactures (and Loan Museum of Works of Art), 1872
1872
Fine Arts, Sculpture.
p. 83, no. 88:'Marble Bust of the late Thomas Burrowes'.
Loaned by E. Hutchins.
Owned by the artist and offered for sale at 15-15-0, in marble.
p. 84, no. 110:' His Eminence Cardinal Cullen'. Owned by the artist and offered for sale at 7-7-0. [presumed a cast as marble version of same subject on offer at 15-15-0].
Institutional and Business Connections
Member of Institute of British Sculptors
1856 (Circa) - 1861 (Circa)
Member of council Institute of British Sculptors
1861 (Circa)
Unsuccessful in ballot for election to Royal Academy of Arts
Personal and Professional Connections
Mother/father/parent of Clehorow Caroline Butler
Source England and Wales Census Returns, 1881: Class: RG11; Piece: 197; Folio: 12; Page: 18
Nominated by Henry Weekes
28 June 1875
Seconded by Solomon Alexander Hart
28 June 1875
Studio assistant to William Behnes
Either assistant or pupil
Descriptions of Practice
Listed under Sculptors Post Office London Directory, 1860 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
Listed under Sculptors Post Office London Directory, 1851 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851
'Sculptor'
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
'Sculptor'
Sources
A Biographical Dictionary of Sculptors in Britain, 1660-1851
2009
pp. 177-9
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851
2005
Class: HO107; Piece: 1490; Folio: 96; Page: 1; GSU roll: 87817-87818
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
2004
Class: RG11; Piece: 197; Folio: 12; Page: 18;GSU roll: 1341044
England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
2010
ame: Timothy Butler
Probate Date: 7 Oct 1885
Death Date: 6 Sep 1885
Death Place: Middlesex, England
Registry: Principal Registry
International exhibition 1862, official catalogue, fine art department
1862
List of Members: Institute of British Sculptors (or Sculptor's Institute)
2008 (Circa)
Official Catalogue of the Dublin Exhibition of Arts, Industries and Manufactures and Loan Museum of Works of Art, 1872
1872
Fine Arts, Sculpture.
p. 83, no. 88:'Marble Bust of the late Thomas Burrowes'.
Loaned by E. Hutchins.
Owned by the artist and offered for sale at 15-15-0, in marble.
p. 84, no. 110:' His Eminence Cardinal Cullen'. Owned by the artist and offered for sale at 7-7-0. [presumed a cast as marble version of same subject on offer at 15-15-0].
Post Office London Directory, 1851 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1851
p. 1364
Post Office London Directory, 1860 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1860
p. 1803
Royal Academy of Arts Nominations for Associateship, 1866-1906
1906
See entries for 1875.
Rules of the Institute of Sculptors
1861
p. iv
The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts, The Eighty-Fourth, 1852
1852
The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts, The Eighty-Seventh, 1855
1855
p.55
The Times Digital Archive 1785-1985
2008
The Times, Wednesday, Sep 09, 1885; pg. 1; Issue 31547; col A
Deaths (accessed 17 October 2009)
Citing this record
'Timothy Butler', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib2_1202169341, accessed 23 Sep 2023]
