Butlin, Martin (Richard Fletcher)

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BUTLIN, Martin (Richard Fletcher)

BUTLIN, Martin (Richard Fletcher). British, b. 1929. Genres: Art/Art history. Career: Keeper of the Historic British Collection, Tate Gallery, London, 1967-89 (Assistant Keeper, 1955-67); Consultant to Christie's, 1989-. Publications: Catalogue of the Works of William Blake in the Tate Gallery, 1957, 3rd ed., 1990; Samuel Palmer's Sketch Book of 1824, 1962; Turner Watercolours, 1962; (with J. Rothenstein) Turner, 1965; (co-author) Tate Gallery Catalogues: Modern British Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, 1964; The Later Works of J.M.W. Turner, 1965; William Blake, 1966; The Blake-Varley Sketchbook of 1819, 1969; (with A. Wilton and J. Gage) Turner 1775-1851 (exhibition catalog), 1974; (with E. Joll) The Paintings of J.M.W. Turner, 1977, 2nd ed., 1984; William Blake (exhibition catalog) 1978; The Paintings and Drawings of William Blake, 1981; Aspects of British Painting 1550-1800, 1988; (with M. Luther and I. Warrell) Turner and Petworth, 1989; (with T. Gott) William Blake in the Collection of the National Gallery of Victoria, 1989; (with G. Schiff) William Blake (exhibition catalog), 1990; (ed. with E. Joll and L. Herrmann) The Oxford Companion to J.M.W. Turner, 2001. Author of articles and reviews. Address: 74C Eccelston Square, London SW1V 1PJ, England.