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Portrait of William Butcher (1791?-1870), steel, cutlery, edge tool manufacturer and American trader. Painted in 1869 in the possession of Sheffield Town Trust
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Title:Portrait of William Butcher (1791?-1870), steel, cutlery, edge tool manufacturer and American trader. Painted in 1869 in the possession of Sheffield Town Trust
Location:Sheffield
Date:1869
Date Period:1851-1899
Photographer:Geoffrey Tweedale
Notes:

In 1819 brothers William and Samuel Butcher first became partners in a warehouse, workshop and yard in Eyre Lane producing a variety of edge tools; 1835 expanded to the neighbouring steel works of Mitchell Brothers and Co. in Furnival Street; 1845 steelmaking and forging at Philadelphia Works on the River Don and in early 1850's a recently vacated premises adjoining the Eyre Lane Works. Butcher Works are being now restored 2003/4. Photograph of the oil painting by Geoffrey Tweedale for more information see Giants of Sheffield Steel Ref: 923.842 S

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