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, Ripon, Ripon Cathedral, Yorkshire, North Yorkshire

Subjects

topography, man, gravestone, coat of arms, churchyard, church, church windows, door

Materials & Techniques

aquatint, coloured aquatint

Artist

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

Title

South West View of the Collegiate Church of St. Wilfrid, Ripon

Date

published January 1809

Medium

Coloured aquatint

Acquisition

Purchased from Christie's, 20 February 1958

Provenance

Sold through Christie's, London, on 20 February 1958 (Lot 1); from which sale purchased by the Ministry of Works

GAC number

4550