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Boulton, Matthew
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Matthew Boulton helped to shape the life of eighteenth-century Birmingham
Matthew Boulton helped to shape the life of eighteenth-century Birmingham. The film considers the Lunar Society, the… read more »
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Matthew Boulton: Selling what all the world desires
In this film we explore the industrial and commercial innovations of Matthew Boulton.
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Matthew Boulton’s Medals and Coins on Russian Subjects
Image: Medallion of the Hudson’s Bay Company. 1820. Designed by Conrad Heinrich Kuchler. An example of the high… read more »
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Matthew Boulton’s Soho Works, Iron Foundry and House at Soho near Birmingham, 1801
Stebbing Shaw’s The History and Antiquities of Staffordshire (1798 and 1801) is a major source not only for the… read more »
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Mazarin, or Fish Strainer, Boulton & Fothergill, 1769
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Miss Ann Boulton
Image: The drawing room at Soho House, Handsworth near Birmingham. Ann Boulton (1768-1829) lived at Soho House… read more »
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Mrs Elizabeth Montagu, the “Queen of the Blues”
Image: C F Von Breda, Matthew Boulton, 1792. Oil on Canvas. Boulton was the most famous of… read more »
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One of a pair of candlesticks, Boulton & Fothergill, 1768
Image from: Birmingham Assay Office. An example of the earliest of Matthew Boulton’s silver items, hallmarked in… read more »
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Pair of salts, Boulton & Fothergill, 1773
Image from: Birmingham Assay Office. These examples of tableware contained liners of blue glass to prevent the… read more »
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The A.V. Suvorov Medal
Image: Count Alexander Suvarow, Liberator of Italy. 1799. Designed by Conrad Heinrich Kuchler. Image from: Birmingham Assay Office (25)… read more »
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The Evidence
Image: J S C Schaak, Portrait of Matthew Boulton aged 42 (1770). Image from: Birmingham Museums &… read more »
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The other side of the Coin: Women and the Lunar Men
Image: Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797), An Experiment on a Bird in an Air Pump(Exhibited 1768). Oil on Canvas.… read more »
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The Soho Manufactory: The Ingenious Mr Boulton
Image: A pair of Apollo and Diana candelabra made by Boulton and Fothergill. Ormolu, bronze and marble. c.… read more »
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Two of a set of four salts, Boulton & Fothergill, 1776
Image from: Birmingham Assay Office. These salts with blue glass liners are engraved with a crest of… read more »