Adam Buck

{{Short description|Irish artist (1759–1833)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Infobox artist | honorific_prefix = | name = Adam Buck | honorific_suffix = | image = Adam Buck - The Artist and his Family - B1977.14.6109 - Yale Center for British Art.jpg | image_size = 220 | alt = | caption = 1813 self-portrait of Buck with his wife and children | native_name = | native_name_lang = | birth_name =  | birth_date = 1759 | birth_place = [[Cork (city)|Cork]], [[County Cork]] | baptised =  | death_date = August 1833 (aged 73–74) | death_place = [[London]], England | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates =  | nationality = | education = | alma_mater = | known_for = {{hlist|Portrait|miniature painting|engraving}} | notable_works = | style = | movement = | spouse = | partner = | children = | parents = | father = | mother = | relatives = | family = | awards =  | elected = | patrons = | memorials = | module = }}

'''Adam Buck''' (1759 – August 1833) was an Irish artist who specialised in neoclassical portraits, including [[portrait miniatures]], and engravings. He was principally active in Dublin and London.<ref>{{cite book |last=De Breffny |first=Brian |author-link= |date=1983 |title=Ireland: A Cultural Encyclopedia |url= |location=London |publisher=Thames and Hudson |page=53 |isbn=}}</ref>

==Life== Buck was born in Castle Street, [[Cork (city)|Cork]]. 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), [[John Philip Kemble|JP Kemble]], Sir [[Francis Burdett]], [[Thomas Hope (1769–1831)|Thomas Hope]], [[George IV of the United Kingdom|George IV]], the [[Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany|duke of York]] and his mistress [[Mary Anne Clarke]]. A major influence on Regency culture (producing plates of contemporary costume as well as genre pictures of family and classical scenes and illustrations for [[Laurence Sterne]]'s ''[[A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy|Sentimental Journey]]''), he was himself much influenced by the [[Greek Revival]] (the furniture, vases - which he collected -, sculptures, costumes and even hairstyles in his works are all ancient Greek).<ref>De Breffny, pg. 53</ref> He also acted as a painting teacher, as well as exhibiting more than 170 miniatures and small full-length portraits at the [[Royal Academy]] 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 (diplomat)|William Hamilton]]'s ''Collection of Engravings from Ancient Vases …'' (1791–7) [[File:Mary_Anne_Clarke_(née_Thompson).jpg|thumb|Mary Anne Clarke (née Thompson)]] <gallery> File:An Elegant Couple Admiring The 'Lely Venus'.jpg|An Elegant Couple Admiring The '[[Lely Venus]]', 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 (cropped).jpg|"Archers", print after Buck, 1799 File:1800-jumprope-pinup-Sophia-Western.jpg|[[The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling#Plot introduction|"Sophia Western"]], engraving after Buck, 1800 </gallery>

== References == {{Reflist}} *{{ODNBweb|id=3847|title=Buck, Adam}} *{{cite DNBSupp|wstitle=Buck, Adam}} {{commons category}}

==External links== *[https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_object_details.aspx?objectid=746628&partid=1&IdNum=1987%2c0307.10&orig=%2fresearch%2fsearch_the_collection_database%2fmuseum_no__provenance_search.aspx ''Portrait of a woman and child'' by Buck] * [http://www.adams.ie/4304/Adam-Buck-Irish-1759-1833-Portrait-of-Miss-Charlotte-Snead-Portrait-of-Miss-Mary-Snead-Watercolour-a-pair-21-5-x-16-5cm-8-5-x-6-5-each-Bears-inscriptions-Charlotte-Sneyd-1790-by-Mr-Buck-and-Mary?Itemid= Portraits] of the [[Honora Sneyd|Miss Sneyds]], 1790

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