Adam Buck (1759–1833) was an Irish neo-classical portraitist and miniature painter and engraver (as was his brother

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) principally active in Dublin and London.

Life

Buck was born in Castle Street,

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. Becoming an accomplished miniaturist in the 1780s while still in Ireland, he made a permanent move to London in 1795 – his residences there included 174 Piccadilly (1795–8), Frith Street, Soho (1799–1802) and Bentinck Street (1813–20). His patrons included Angelica Catalani (an opera singer), JP Kemble, Sir

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, Thomas Hope,

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and his mistress

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. A major influence on Regency culture (producing plates of contemporary costume as well as genre pictures of family and classical scenes and illustrations for

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's '' Sentimental Journey''), he was himself much influenced by the

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(the furniture, vases - which he collected -, sculptures, costumes and even hairstyles in his works are all ancient Greek).De Breffny, pg. 53 He also acted as a painting teacher, as well as exhibiting more than 170 miniatures and small full-length portraits at the

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between 1795 and 1833. He died at 15 Upper Seymour Street, London.

Works

*''Proposals for publishing by subscription 100 engravings from paintings on Greek vases which have never been published, drawn and etched by Adam Buck from private collections now in England, dedicated to the earl of Carlisle'' (1811) – intended as a continuation of Sir William Hamilton's ''Collection of Engravings from Ancient Vases …'' (1791–7) File:An Elegant Couple Admiring The 'Lely Venus'.jpg, An Elegant Couple Admiring The '

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', 1801 File:'A Confident Child' - Adam Buck - 1809.jpg, A Confident Child, 1809 File:Girl on a terrace - Adam Buck - 1807 - ref Buck-K07739.jpg, Exhibited: Colnaghi as ‘A Girl smelling Geraniums’. Girl on a terrace. (1807) File:'Portrait of a Young Lady Seated on a Sea-wall' by Adam Buck, c. 1800.jpg, ''Portrait of a Young Lady Seated on a Sea-wall'' File:Adam Buck - 98101 - three small girls in a wild landscape.jpg, Exhibited: Agnews 94th Annual Exhibition of Watercolours and Drawings, 1957, No.17, as ‘Martha, Katherine and Isabel Butler’. Three small girls in a wild landscape. Pencil and watercolour. Indistinctly inscribed verso ‘(unclear name), Katharine and Isabella daughters of R.S(unclear). Previously believed to be three of the daughters of the Poet Robert Southey. (before 1834) File:Archers by Adam Buck.jpg, "Archers", print after Buck, 1799 File:1800-jumprope-pinup-Sophia-Western.jpg, "Sophia Western", engraving after Buck, 1800

References

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External links

''Portrait of a woman and child'' by Buck

Portraits
of the Miss Sneyds, 1790 {{DEFAULTSORT:Buck 1759 births 1833 deaths 18th-century Irish painters 18th-century Irish male artists 19th-century Irish painters Irish male painters Irish portrait painters 18th-century Irish engravers 19th-century Irish engravers Artists from Cork (city) Neoclassical painters Portrait miniaturists Irish emigrants to Kingdom of Great Britain 19th-century Irish male artists