A prospect of Britain : the town panoramas of Samuel and Nathaniel Buck

Author(s)

• Buck, Samuel
• Hyde, Ralph
• Buck, Nathaniel

Bibliographic Information

A prospect of Britain : the town panoramas of Samuel and Nathaniel Buck

Ralph Hyde

Pavilion, 1994

Note

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Every year, from 1728 to 1753, the brothers Samuel and Nathaniel Buck travelled the length and breadth of England and Wales, producing a series of panoramic views of cities and towns, such as St Paul's Cathedral and London Bridge. The works often included ancillary details, from grazing sheep to figures of drunken sailors and picniking gentry. This book features a number of their works, and also surveys their lives and working methods, their techniques of advertising, engraving and selling their prospects, and also provides descriptions of each subject.

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Details

• NCID: BA26117244
• ISBN:
  • 1857931424
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: 56 p., 83 p. of plates
• Size: 29 x 37cm
• Classification:
  • DC20 : 769.4441
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Prints, British
  • LCSH : Cities and towns in art
  • LCSH : Prints -- 18th century -- Great Britain
  • LCSH : Engraving, English
  • LCSH : Engraving -- 18th century -- Great Britain