North West View of the Cathedral Church of St Paul

Location

Country: Czech Republic
City: Prague
Place: British Embassy

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, London, St. Paul's Cathedral

Subjects

topography, man, woman, coat of arms, church, cathedral, dome, portico, facade, steps, tower

Materials & Techniques

engraving

Artist

John Buckler (1770 - 1851)
George Robert Lewis (1782 - 1871)

Title

North West View of the Cathedral Church of St Paul

Date

May 1814

Medium

Engraving

Acquisition

Purchased from F B Daniell, June 1951

GAC number

1333