William Buckland

Inscriptionback to top

Incised (under the shoulder): H. Weekes. R.A. S^c.

This portraitback to top

Buckland is shown with the star of the Bath. This cast was made from a plaster bust, which was either returned to the artist, or has subsequently disappeared. It was common for the trustees of the NPG to commission an electro-type in case of damage to the original. This bust is closely related to the marble bust by Weekes of 1858 in the University Museum, Oxford, exhibited RA, 1858 (1306). Another marble bust by Weekes of 1856 is in Westminster Abbey, and one of 1860 is in the Geological Museum, London.

Provenanceback to top

Commissioned from Messrs Elkington & Co by the trustees of the NPG, from the original plaster bust, presented by the artist, 1860.


This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: Richard Ormond, Early Victorian Portraits, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1973, and is as published then. For the most up-to-date details on individual Collection works, we recommend reading the information provided in the Search the Collection results on this website in parallel with this text.

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