Adam Buck

Adam Buck was an Irish artist who specialised in neoclassical portraits, including portrait miniatures, and engravings. He was principally active in Dublin and London.

Life

Buck was born in Castle Street, 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, Frith Street, Soho and Bentinck Street. His patrons included Angelica Catalani, JP Kemble, Sir Francis Burdett, Thomas Hope, George IV, the duke of York and his mistress Mary Anne Clarke. A major influence on Regency culture, he was himself much influenced by the Greek Revival. 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 – intended as a continuation of Sir William Hamilton's ''Collection of Engravings from Ancient Vases …''