North East View of Bodiam Castle, Sussex
Samuel Buck (1696 - London 1779) and Nathaniel Buck (fl.1724 - c.1753)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
25 Mar 1737
Materials
Paper
Measurements
14.4 cm (h)34.8 cm (w)
Place of origin
Bodiam Castle
Collection
Bodiam Castle, East Sussex
NT 67498
Summary
Print, engraving, North East View of Bodiam Castle, Sussex by Samuel Buck (1696 - London 1779) and Nathaniel Buck (fl.1724 - after 1753) Inscribed "The North East View of Bodiham Castle in the County of Sussex" Saml and Nathl. Buck (del and sculp) 25 March 1737. Shows approach over Causeway; inscription below gives dedication and historical summary with coat of arms between them. Discrepancy in dimensions below. "Bodiam Castle. Line Engraving by S. and N. Buck, in 'A Collection of Engravings of Castles, Abbeys and Towers in England and Wales' afterwards republished under the title 'Buck's Antiquities' 5 vols. 1721-52 Vol II, Sussex, Plate 9. Size of Plate 14 and 11/16th x 7 and 11/16ths inches
Marks and inscriptions
inscription below gives dedication and historical summary with coat of arms between them
Makers and roles
Samuel Buck (1696 - London 1779) and Nathaniel Buck (fl.1724 - c.1753), engraver (printmaker) possibly Samuel Buck (1696 - London 1779) and Nathaniel Buck (fl.1724 - c.1753), etcher