Details for: BUCK, Samuel
Name: |
BUCK, Samuel |
County: |
London |
Town: |
London |
Address(es): |
White Swan, Brownlow Street off High Holborn; later at brother's address: Golden Buck, Warwick St near Golden Square, and others; facing St Clement's Church, Strand (1775) |
Book Trades: |
Engraver/etcher, Publisher (maps) |
Non-Book Trade: |
Art and art supplies () |
Trading Dates: |
1720 - 1779 |
Biographical Dates: |
1696 (date of birth) - 1779 (date of death) |
Notes: |
Aided by bro Nathaniel. Exhibited Royal Academy (1775). Richard Gough supported him in old age. Hyde's DNB article includes details of his many series of engravings, and information on Nathaniel. |
Sources: |
- Maxted, Ian, The London Book Trades, 1775-1800: a preliminary checklist of members (Folkestone, 1977)
Maxted, Ian, The London Book Trades, 1735-1775: a checklist of members in trade directories and in Musgrave's 'Obituary' (Exeter Working Papers in British Book Trade History No.3, 1984) - Frostick, R. The printed plans of Norwich 1558-1840 (Norwich, 2003)
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