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)