View of Blenheim Park, Oxfordshire

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John Chessell Buckler (1793-1894)
View of Blenheim Park, Oxfordshire
signed and dated 'J.C Buckler 1827' (lower right, in the margin, overmounted) and inscribed 'View of Blenheim Park; Oxfordshire' (lower centre, in the margin, overmounted)
pencil and watercolour with gum arabic and with scratching out within the artist's pen and ink border
10 1/8 x 15¾in. (25.7 x 40cm.)

Provenance

Anon. sale, Christie's, London, 31 July 1964, lot 191A (sold 24 gns.).
Anon. sale, Christie's, London, 5 February 1965, lot 23, (sold 20gns. to the present owner).

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Lot Essay

John Chessell Buckler specialised in architectural painting subjects, producing picturesque views of country houses, churches and ruins. Born in 1793, the son of an architect and antiquarian draughtsman, he went on to exhibit at the Royal Academy from 1810-1844 and was a member of both the Royal Society of British Artists and the Royal Watercolour Society.

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