Title
THE WEST VIEW OF STOKE-COURCI CASTLE IN THE COUNTY OF SOMERSET. : To Thomas Palmer of Fairfield Esq F.R.S. This Prospect is most gratefully Inscrib'd by Your Oblig'd 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], [1733 or 1774]
Physical details
1 print : etching and engraving ; platemark 19.3 x 37.4 cm, on sheet 21.3 x 38.2 cm.
Description
The ruins of Stogursey Castle surrounded by a moat; a village and a church to the left in the distance; trees throughout the scene.
Place
Somerset (England)
Additional information
The Buck views were published in the 1730s and in 1774 when the copper plates were sold to Robert Sayer. This print bears the etched number '4' in the lower left-hand corner outside the image. The print published by Sayer bears the number '262' which suggests that this print was not part of Sayer's 1774 series.
Other persons
Buck, Nathaniel, artist, printmaker, publisher.
Shelfmark
Maps K.Top.38.31.