Attributed to Samuel Buck (1696-1779) and Nathaniel Buck (1761-1774)

A panoramic View of the Thames from Millbank to Essex Stairs

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Attributed to Samuel Buck (1696-1779) and Nathaniel Buck (1761-1774)
A panoramic View of the Thames from Millbank to Essex Stairs
pen and grey ink, grey wash, on two joined sheets of paper, squared for transfer
10¾ x 63 5/8in. (27.3 x 161.6cm.)

Provenance

Anon. sale, Christie's London, 8 Jul. 1986, lot 15, a detail illustrated (2,200).

Lot Essay

The remarkable series of Thames-side views published by the Buck brothers in 1749 was printed in five parts and formed a continuous panorama of the northern bank of the Thames from Millbank, Westminster to the Tower. The present drawing is closely related to the prints.

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