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
    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.

  • 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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  • 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