Boulton, Matthew

Matthew Boulton helped to shape the life of eighteenth-century Birmingham. The film considers the Lunar Society, the… read more »

In this film we explore the industrial and commercial innovations of Matthew Boulton.

Image: Medallion of the Hudson’s Bay Company. 1820. Designed by Conrad Heinrich Kuchler. An example of the high… read more »

Stebbing Shaw’s The History and Antiquities of Staffordshire (1798 and 1801) is a major source not only for the… read more »

Image from: Birmingham Assay Office.                        … read more »

Image: The drawing room at Soho House, Handsworth near Birmingham. Ann Boulton (1768-1829) lived at Soho House… read more »

Image: C  F Von Breda, Matthew Boulton, 1792. Oil on Canvas. Boulton was the most famous of… read more »

Image from: Birmingham Assay Office. An example of the earliest of Matthew Boulton’s silver items, hallmarked in… read more »

Image from: Birmingham Assay Office. These examples of tableware contained liners of blue glass to prevent the… read more »

Image: Count Alexander Suvarow, Liberator of Italy. 1799. Designed by Conrad Heinrich Kuchler. Image from: Birmingham Assay Office (25)… read more »

Image: J S C Schaak, Portrait of Matthew Boulton aged 42 (1770). Image from: Birmingham Museums &… read more »

Image: Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797), An Experiment on a Bird in an Air Pump(Exhibited 1768). Oil on Canvas.… read more »

Image: A pair of Apollo and Diana candelabra made by Boulton and Fothergill. Ormolu, bronze and marble. c.… read more »

Image from: Birmingham Assay Office. These salts with blue glass liners are engraved with a crest of… read more »