The North-West Prospect of the City of Bristol. South-East Prospect of the City of Bristol
Samuel Buck (1696 - London 1779) and Nathaniel Buck (fl.1724 - c.1753)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
Unknown
Materials
Watercolour on paper
Measurements
850 x 1000 x 25 mm
Place of origin
Bristol
Collection
Tyntesfield, North Somerset
NT 16571
Summary
Watercolour on paper, The North-West Prospect of the City of Bristol. South-East Prospect of the City of Bristol, British (English) School. Text above top picture reads, THE NORTH WEST PROSPECT OF THE CITY OF BRISTOL. Text above lower picture reads, THE SOUTH EAST PROSPECT OF THE CITY OF BRISTOL. Details of various depicted sites are recorded beneath both pictures together with Bristol coat of arms. On the reverse a white paper label handwritten in red pen reads, LORD WRAXALL. Additional print in black reads, FROST AND REED / BRISTOL LONDON / NO R4564 Date 12.8.55.
Provenance
Purchased from the estate of the late Lord Wraxall with the assistance of the NHMF and donations from members and supporters.
Makers and roles
Samuel Buck (1696 - London 1779) and Nathaniel Buck (fl.1724 - c.1753), engraver (printmaker) Frost and Reed Ltd., supplier Samuel Buck (1696 - London 1779) and Nathaniel Buck (fl.1724 - c.1753), printer