Remains of the Great Hall of Wingfield Manor House

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection

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.

Places

England, Wingfield Manor, Derbyshire

Subjects

topography, tree, path, country house/mansion, ruin, hall, door, tracery, window

Materials & Techniques

paper (as artists material), watercolour (as artists materials), ink, watercolour (as object name), Ink drawing

Artist

John Buckler (1770 - 1851)

Title

Remains of the Great Hall of Wingfield Manor House

Date

1820

Medium

Watercolour and ink on paper

Dimensions

height: 29.00 cm, width: 39.00 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from Christie's, 14 June 1977

Inscription

br: J.Buckler 1820. ; below image: Remains of the Great Hall etc of Wingfield Manor House, Derbyshire, belonging to Col. Halton.

Provenance

Sold through Christie's, London, on 14 June 1977 (Lot 171), as 'Remains of the Great Hall of Wingfield Manor House, Derbyshire, Belonging to Col. Halton'; from which sale purchased by the Department of the Environment

GAC number

13326