Adam Buck, Irish, 1759-1833
Title: Portrait of the Edgeworth Family
Date: 1787
Medium: Coloured pencil, watercolour and graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 25.1 x 30.4 cm
Signed: lower left (in the image): Adam Buck 1787
Credit Line: Purchased, 2006
Object Number: NGI.2006.14
DescriptionBuck, a well respected miniature painter, depicts the Edgeworth family of Edgeworthstown, County Longford, in an informal setting. Richard Lovell Edgeworth (1744-1817) is shown with his third wife Elizabeth Sneyd and numerous children. His eldest daughter, Maria (1767- 1849), author of Castle Rackrent, 1800, sits opposite her father, wearing a large bonnet. Richard was an engineer, amateur inventor and educational writer. In 1798 he published Practical Education, a highly acclaimed modern manual for rearing children. He was to have four wives in all and fathered 22 children.
ProvenanceChristie's, London, 16 December 1969, lot 170; purcased by Sir Howard Colvin as a gift for his wife; Estate of the late Lady Colvin, 2004; purchased, Private Collection, London, June 2006
Exhibition HistoryCatching a Likeness: Portraits on Paper, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, 2007
Adam Buck, Crawford Art Gallery, Cork, 01 February - 15 April 2016
Adam Buck, Crawford Art Gallery, Cork, 01 February - 15 April 2016
