Name: Nathaniel Buck
Dates: 1700-1754
Map Types: Prospect views and architechtural copperplate engraved works.
Brothers, Samuel and Nathaniel Buck focussed mainly on the ancient architecture of Britain. Born in Yorkshire, the elder of the two siblings, Samuel first moved to London, with a view to completing a series of prints of the ruined, ancient and existing religious buildings in England and Wales: Views of Ruins of Castles & Abbeys in England, 1726-1739. He was supported by the Society of Antiquaries, which went to significant lengths to maintain the spread of the most accurate and detailed pictorial data concerning both Roman and Medieval Britain.
Samuel was joined by his younger brother Nathaniel and they travelled around England and Wales from about 1724 to 1742: first documenting the various buildings of interest, many of which had been destroyed during the Reformation, particularly when Oliver Cromwell ruled as The Lord Protector. The Buck brothers completed a series of copperplate engravings, from which, the collection entitled Buck’s Antiquities was printed. Following this, they produced Cities, Sea-Ports and Capital Towns, a hugely successful collection of 400 plates, published around 1750. These large, landscape pictorial views often included graphics in the foreground featuring people and costume typical of the area captured.
Samuel was joined by his younger brother Nathaniel and they travelled around England and Wales from about 1724 to 1742: first documenting the various buildings of interest, many of which had been destroyed during the Reformation, particularly when Oliver Cromwell ruled as The Lord Protector. The Buck brothers completed a series of copperplate engravings, from which, the collection entitled Buck’s Antiquities was printed. Following this, they produced Cities, Sea-Ports and Capital Towns, a hugely successful collection of 400 plates, published around 1750. These large, landscape pictorial views often included graphics in the foreground featuring people and costume typical of the area captured.