Buck, Samuel and Nathaniel Buck
[Two views from their panorama of London]
Estimate: £200 - £300
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 19 June 2024 from 10:00 BST
Description
[Comprising:] This Drawing, taken from Mr. Watson's Summer House, opposite to Somerset House. [And:] This Drawing, taken from Mr. Everard's Summer-House, opposite to St. Bride's Church. London: S. & N. Buck, 1749. 2 engraved views, respectively depicting London from Whitehall to Somerset House, and Somerset House to St Bride's, separately mounted, framed and glazed, mount apertures 31.5 x 81.5cm, first view with two repaired tears extending into image from left-hand edge and one short repaired tear to right-hand margin, second view with short repairs, tear to left- and right-hand margins just extending into image;
Pollard, James. North-Country Mails at the Peacock, Islington. [And:] The Elephant and Castle on the Brighton Road. London: Jonathan Watson, 1823-7. 2 hand-coloured aquatints after James Pollard, the first by T. Sutherland, the second by Theodore Fielding, framed and glazed, platemarks 34.5 x 46.5cm, good margins;
Blaeu, Johannes. Essexia Comitatus. [Amsterdam], c.1650. Hand-coloured engraved map, framed and glazed, 50 x 59cm; The lot not examined out of frames (5)
Footnote
Samuel and Nathaniel Buck's famous panorama of London comprises five parts in total, The two offered here are the second and third.