Samuel Buck

Samuel Buck (1696-1779) Ruins of Byland Abbey Yorkshire Engraving Print

1721

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Pieter van der Aa (1659-1733), after David Loggan (1634–1692) St John's College, Oxford Engraving 12 x 16 cm An eighteenth-century view of St John's, engraved by Pieter van der Aa a...

To see our other views of Oxford and Cambridge, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this seller" - or send us a message if you cannot find the view you want. David Loggan (1634 - 1692) St Catharine's College, Cambridge (1690) Engraving 35 x 46 cm Loggan's view of St Catharine's College, Cambridge from the 'Cantabrigia Illustrata'. Loggan was born to English and Scottish parents, and was baptised in Danzig in 1634. After studying engraving in Danzig with Willem Hondius (1598-1652 or 1658), he moved to London in the late 1650s, going on to produce the engraved title-page for the folio 1662 Book of Common Prayer. He married in 1663 and moved to Nuffield in Oxfordshire in 1665. Loggan was appointed Public Sculptor to the nearby University of Oxford in the late 1660s, having been commissioned to produce bird’s-eye views of all the Oxford colleges. He lived in Holywell Street as he did this. The 'Oxonia Illustrata' was published in 1675, with the help of Robert White (1645-1704). Following its completion, Loggan began work on his equivalent work for Cambridge; the 'Cantabrigia Illustrata' was finally published in 1690, when he was made engraver to Cambridge University. The 'Oxonia Illustrata' also includes an engraving of Winchester College...

Pieter van der Aa (1659-1733), after David Loggan (1634–1692) The Sheldonian Theatre, University of Oxford Engraving 12 x 16 cm An eighteenth-century view of Oxford's marvellous She...

Pieter van der Aa (1659-1733), after David Loggan (1634–1692) The Sheldonian Theatre, University of Oxford Engraving 12 x 16 cm An eighteenth-century view of Oxford's marvellous She...

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Pair of Early 19th Century "Conchology" Color Etchings c.1802 Fantastic pair of hand colored etchings titled "Conchology". Published in London on December 24th, 1802. Each plate s...

Francesco Piranesi (Italian, 1758-1810) Topographical Map of Pompeii Originally executed 1785, modern reprint (likely 20th Century) Engraving Framed: 4...

“Tabula Asiae IX Pakistan, Afghanistan, E. Iran” Girolamo Ruscelli (1504 – 1566) Venice, 1561 V. Valgrisi. publisher Copper Engraving with Later Hand-Color Born in Viterbo, Italy, Ruscelli was an Italian polymath, humanist, editor, and cartographer active in Venice during the early 16th century. He is well known for his exacting revision of Ptolemy's Geographia. He was influenced by the 1548 Gastaldi edition. The work was illustrated with 64 double page engraved maps. Twenty-seven were Ptolemaic and thirty-seven were considered “modern maps”. These showed early glimpses of North and South America...

Judas Iscarioth - Judas hangs himself Engraved and published by Willem van Swanenburg (Dutch, 1580 - 1612) after designs by Abraham Bloemaert (1564...

Helene Rutkowski is an artist who was born in 1862. The maker's first piece to be offered at auction was "Baumbestandene Allee im Herbst" at Quentin Auction House in 2021. She worked in the style of Realism and Expressionism and her works remind one of Käthe Kollwitz. This beautiful drawing...

with signature (on a turtle swimming in the opposite direction), and the artist's thumbprint (on the reverse) screen print on earthenware, with underglaze paint 37 cm. (14 ½ ) diam...