South East View of the Cathedral Church of Lichfield
John Buckler (1770 - 1851)
Joseph Jeakes ( - 1829)
Coloured aquatint
published September 1808-
About the work
- Location
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Country: Peru
City: Lima
Place: British Embassy
This early 19th-century aquatint depicts the impressive Cathedral Church in Lichfield, described by writer and businessman Daniel Defoe in the 1720s as ‘one of the finest and most beautiful [cathedrals] in England’.
‘South East View of the Cathedral Church of Lichfield’, an aquatint after a design by artist and architect John Buckler, was published by Buckler in 1808. From 1799 to 1814 Buckler produced a series of views of English cathedrals and churches.
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About the artist
John Buckler was born on the Isle of Wight. In 1785 he became a steward of Magdalen College, Oxford. For seven years he was also apprenticed to architect and surveyor Charles Thomas Cracklow. In about 1801 he became Bailiff and Collector of Rents for Magdalen College in Freemason’s Court and Southwark. His post with Magdalen allowed him spare time, which he spent working on his own architectural perspective drawings. He exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1796 to 1849. In 1799, Buckler published an engraving of one of his drawings of Lincoln Cathedral. For the next five years he made a series of views of English cathedrals and churches. By the end of his career, he had produced some 13,000 architectural perspective drawings.
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Explore
- Places
- England, Lichfield, Lichfield Cathedral, Staffordshire
- Subjects
- topography, man, woman, coat of arms, house, church, cathedral, church windows, spire
- Materials & Techniques
- aquatint, coloured aquatint
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Details
- Title
- South East View of the Cathedral Church of Lichfield
- Date
- published September 1808
- Medium
- Coloured aquatint
- Acquisition
- Purchased from Christie's, 20 February 1958
- Provenance
- Christie's 20/2/1958 (1)
- GAC number
- 4556