The expiation of Orestes

Buck had a deep-seated interest in Antiquity and the Classical and often incorporated vases, sculptures and bas-reliefs of classical subjects into the settings of his portraits. He had an extraordinary knowledge of Greek vase paintings, and intended from 1811 to publish a folio of One Hundred Engravings from Paintings on Greek Vases, which have never been published. The project was never finally realised but the 157 original drawings for it are now in the Library of Trinity College, Dublin.