South West View of Ditton Park, Buckinghamshire; The Seat of the Right Hon:ble Lord Montagu.

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, Ditton Park, Buckinghamshire

Subjects

topography, landscape C19th, grass, tree, river, boy, man, woman, family, park, lawn, country house/mansion, battlement/crenellation, window

Materials & Techniques

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

Artist

John Buckler (1770 - 1851)

Title

South West View of Ditton Park, Buckinghamshire; The Seat of the Right Hon:ble Lord Montagu.

Date

March 1818

Medium

Ink and watercolour on paper

Dimensions

height: 35.40 cm, width: 50.40 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from Appleby Bros, March 1971

Inscription

br: John Buckler March 1818 ; below image: South West View of Ditton Park, Buckinghamshire; The Seat of the Right Hon:ble Lord Montagu.

GAC number

9184