Wigs on the Green has dated this piece to the 19th Century.
Curiously on the reverse is an accomplished pencil sketch of a gentleman’s head perhaps also drawn by Buck.
The younger son of an Irish silversmith, Frederick Buck (1765-1840) was a prolific and resourceful artist working mostly in his native Cork where his sitters comprised the local gentry and the passing military. He married twice and had at least eight children.
Framed Size: 117 x 99mm
Ivory Exemption Ref.: 2KXMUAMJ
Provenance: UK Private Collection
Wigs on the Green has dated this piece to the 19th Century.
Small portraiture of character & historical interest
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Frederick Buck Portrait Miniature
