View, England, Countryside, Historic British Castles, Samuel & Nathaniel Buck, Antique Print, 1774

Samuel & Nathaniel Buck (drawn and engraved by)
Prints of British Castles
from Buck’s Antiquities or Venerable Remains of Above 400 Castles, &c., in England and Wales, with near 100 Views of Cities
Robert Sayer, London: 1774
7.5 x 15 inches, plate mark (average approximate)
11.5 x 18.75 inches, overall (average approximate)
$375

Landscape views of historic castles and other buildings in Great Britain, original engraved in the early 18th century, and reissued in 1774 as part of a set popularly known as Buck’s Antiquities, a compendium of views of British landmarks in three volumes.

Between roughly 1720 and 1752, Samuel Buck and his younger brother Nathaniel were topographical draftsmen and engravers who toured England and Wales to record the castles and abbeys of the country, creating an important document of medieval architecture. Many of the structures were already in disrepair or ruins at the time, so their engravings are important records of how they once appeared. The Bucks recorded over 400 sites together with close to 100 general views of English and Welsh cities and towns.

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