[Collection of perspective views of the ruins of the most noted abbeys, castles, &c. … / By Samuel and Nathaniel Buck.].
Samuel Buck (1696 – London 1779)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
May 1726 - Mar 1739
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3122191
Summary
Bibliographic description
14 collections, plates : ill. ; obl. fol. Bound in 7 vols., with two collections in each vol. Imperfect: wanting vol. 5 (collections 9 and 10). Shelved as a set with Buck and Buck's 'Sett of twenty four views ... in the Principality of Wales' (London, 1740-1742) (3 pts. in 1 v.). Pencil notes on front pastedown in vol. 1: "8 vols.", "Buck" and "E". Provenance: Jacobean armorial bookplate (Franks 29285): 'Robert Thompson, Esqr.' in all vols. Twentieth-century armorial bookplate (large variant), signed Badeley 1930: ‘Urban Huttleston Rogers Lord Fairhaven’ [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)] in all vols. Nineteenth-century armorial bookplate (Franks 6866): 'Thomas George Corbett, Elsham Hall.' in vol. 7 only. Pencil inscription on front pastedown in vol. 3: "Fairhaven Anglesey Abbey. June 1930" [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Binding: Eighteenth-century half sprinkled calf, marbled paper over boards; sewn onto six raised cords; spines lettered direct (gilt-tooled) with vol. no.
Provenance
Bequeathed to the National Trust by Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966) with the house and the rest of the contents.
Makers and roles
Samuel Buck (1696 – London 1779), engraver (printmaker) Nathaniel Buck (c.1724 - after 1753), engraver (printmaker)