| Method | Aquatint |
| Artist | Richard Reeve after John Buckler |
| Published | Published May 1810, by J.Buckler, Bermondsey, Surrey |
| Dimensions | Image 422 x 605 mm, Plate 499 x 657 mm, Sheet 585 x 880 mm |
| Notes |
A fine large scale aquatint view of the ruins of Rievaulx Abbey with figures in period dress in the foreground for scale. One of a number of impressive aquatints after Buckler's paintings of cathedrals, abbeys, and Oxford colleges. The print was produced towards the end of a period of intense academic and popular interest in the aesthetic and historical value of ruined structures. In response to the fascination for classical ruins fostered by the Grand Tour, British artists and antiquarians increasingly turned to examples of native English architecture in the form of ruined abbeys, vernacular medieval buildings, and the finer surviving examples of the Gothic style. By the latter half of the eighteenth century, opinion was divided along aesthetic lines into those who preferred a more restrained, precise, and 'scientific' approach to the recording of ruined antiquities and those who ascribed to the harmonious and idealistic Picturesque style championed by the Reverend William Gilpin. With the dedication below: To Charles Duncombe Esq. Of Dunscombe Park, The Proprietor; this View of that Celebrated Monastic Structure, is by Permission most Humbly Dedicated by their much obliged and devoted Servant, John Buckler. Richard Reeve (c.1780-1835) was a British printmaker, most known for his aquatints. John Buckler (1770 –1851) was an outstanding architectural draughtsman and Bailiff for Magdalen College's Southwark Estate for sixty years, whose views in Oxford, especially Magdalen College, rank amongst the finest ever produced. This fine aquatint was published at his address in Bermondsey. Condition: Excellent clean impression . Light spotting to left margin and stain to top margin, not affecting image. |
| Framing | unmounted |
| Price | £350.00 |
| Stock ID | 13941 |