| Method | Copper engraving |
| Artist | after Samuel and Nathaniel Buck |
| Published | Sold by R. Baldnin Junr. at the Rose in Pater-Noster-Row. [Published by London Magazine, c. 1750] |
| Dimensions | Image 100 x 193 mm, Sheet 128 x 207 mm |
| Notes |
A reduced copy of Samuel and Nathanial Buck's 'The South Prospect of Reading in the County of Berks' from 1734. This copy was engraved for the London Magazine, published in 1750. The print depicts a view of Reading, taken from Catsgrove Hill, with a group of people on a walk in the foreground. Thomas Kitchin (1718-1784) was one of the best and most prolific engravers of the eighteenth century. He issued The General Atlas, Describing the Whole Universe , first published in 1773, and regularly reissued thereafter. His work also included a large number of maps of the English counties, particularly for the London Magazine (1747-1760), the Universal Magazine (1747-1766), and for Dodsley's England Illustrated (1764). Other maps were published in conjunction with Emanuel Bowen in the Large English Atlas and the Royal English Atlas (1763). Samuel Buck (1696-1779) and Nathaniel Buck (fl. 1727-1774) were British engravers and publishers, best known for their famous series of English and Welsh views. In 1727, the brothers commenced sketching and engraving a series on the architectural remains of England and Wales. This series included 83 large prospects of the 70 principal towns in England and Wales. It took the Buck brothers 28 years to complete their venture and during this time changes to their style occurred. The brothers began to use a less formal style in their later engravings by including figures in the foreground and using more subtle landscapes in the foreground. In 1774, Robert Sayer obtained the plates, added page numbers to them and published them as Buck's Antiquities. Condition: Trimmed to plate mark top and sides. |
| Framing | unmounted |
| Price | £45.00 |
| Stock ID | 42565 |