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Nathaniel Buck and Samuel Buck

Print
1774 (published)
Artist/Maker
Robert Sayer (publisher)
Houston, Richard (engraver)
Highmore, Joseph (artist)
Place of origin
London (published)

Double portrait, half-length, turned towards each other, facing respectively half left and half right. Samuel holds a roll of paper with a drawing on it, while Nathaniel holds a pencil and drawing board.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Portraits
Object type
Print
TitleNathaniel Buck and Samuel Buck (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Mezzotint
Mezzotint
Brief description
Print, portrait of Nathaniel Buck and Samuel Buck, mezzotint by Richard Houston after Joseph Highmore, 1774.
Physical description
Double portrait, half-length, turned towards each other, facing respectively half left and half right. Samuel holds a roll of paper with a drawing on it, while Nathaniel holds a pencil and drawing board.
Dimensions
  • Height: 22.9cm
  • Width: 32.7cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1959. London: HMSO, 1964.
Style
British School
Copy number
2nd state
Marks and inscriptions
'Jos. Highmore pinxt. Richd. Houston sculp London, Printed for Robt. Sayer, No.53, Fleet Street.' (Lettered with names of sitters, 9 lines of English verse and)
Credit line
Given by Mrs E. B. Westwood
Subjects depicted
Drawing Board
Pencil
Draughtsman
Buck, Samuel
Buck, Nathaniel
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1959 . London: HMSO, 1964.
  • Smith, John Chaloner. British Mezzotinto Portraits. London: Henry Sotheran & Co., 1883.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.408-1959

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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