Title
THE NORTH EAST VIEW OF DUNSTER CASTLE IN THE COUNTY OF SOMERSET : To Alexander Lutterell Esqr This Prospect is gratefully Inscrib'd by your most humble servts Saml & Nathl Buck. / S. & N. Buck delin et sculp 1733.
Creator
Buck, Samuel, 1696-1779, artist, printmaker, publisher.
Publication details
[England] : [Publisher not identified], [1734 or 1774]
Physical details
1 print : etching and engraving ; platemark 19.4 x 37.6 cm, on sheet 22.4 x 39.6 cm.
Description
An extensive medieval castle on a hill; a moat surrounding it; a church to the right in the distance; hills and trees throughout the scene. Coat of arms on lower margin below image. Extensive insription describing castle etched on the right-hand side. The dedication on the left-hand side.
Place
Dunster (England)
Additional information
It is not possible to ascertain from this print whether it was published in 1734 by Samuel and Nathaniel Buck or if it was published in 1774 by Robert Sayer after he purchased the copper plates from the Bucks. If published by the Bucks then it formed their Principal Series of Town Prospects. However, as George III was presented with many new publications, it is perhaps more likely that Robert Sayer presented the print to him in 1774 rather than the King acquiring or inheriting the 1734 print.
Other persons
Buck, Nathaniel, artist, printmaker, publisher.
Shelfmark
Maps K.Top.38.4.a.