North East View of the Abbey Church of Saint Peter, Westminster

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.
Richard Reeve was an aquatint engraver, mostly of sporting subjects (hunting and racing scenes) after works by contemporary artists. He studied at the Royal Academy Schools and lived and worked in London. He was the father of aquatint engravers Richard Gilson Reeve (1803-1889) and Augustus William Reeve (born 1807). Some later works, apparently by Richard, may in fact be by his son Richard Gilson.

Places

England, London, Westminster Abbey, Westminster

Subjects

topography, man, woman, coat of arms, abbey, church, church windows, door

Materials & Techniques

aquatint, coloured aquatint

Artist

John Buckler (1770 - 1851)
Richard Reeve (1780 - c1835)

Title

North East View of the Abbey Church of Saint Peter, Westminster

Date

published November 1809

Medium

Coloured aquatint

Dimensions

height: 48.00 cm, width: 64.00 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from Christie's, 20 February 1958

Provenance

Christie's 20/2/1958 (Lot 1)

GAC number

4554