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'''John Buckler, Snr''' {{Post-nominals|post-noms=[[List of Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London|FSA]]}} (30 November 1770 – 6 December 1851) was a British [[artist]] and occasional [[architect]] who is best remembered for his many drawings of [[Church (building)|churches]] and other historic buildings, recording much that has since been altered or destroyed.<ref name=Colvin>Colvin, 1997</ref>

Buckler's interest in art developed over time, and his first published works were two [[aquatint]]s of Magdalen College in 1797. He followed these in 1799 with an [[engraving]] of [[Lincoln Cathedral]]; the first in a series which included all the cathedrals in England by 1814, as well as many of the [[collegiate church|collegiate]] and [[parish church]]es. Shortly after 1800 he was commissioned by [[Richard Colt Hoare]] of [[Stourhead]] to produce ten volumes of drawings of churches and other historic buildings in [[Wiltshire]], and Buckler's grandson described this commission as "deciding his brains for [[antiquarian]] pursuits".<ref name=ODNB/> It was followed by similar commissions from other antiquarians, such as [[William Salt]] of [[Staffordshire]],<ref name=SVC>{{cite web|url=http://www.views.staffspasttrack.org.uk/about.asp |title=About the collection |accessdate=26 July 2008 |work= |publisher=Staffordshire Views Collection |date= |deadurlurl-status=yesdead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705053240/http://www.views.staffspasttrack.org.uk/about.asp |archivedate= 5 July 2008 |df= }}</ref> and by the end of his life, by his own account, Buckler had produced around 13,000 drawings of buildings.<ref name=ODNB/> Many of the buildings Buckler drew had not been previously recorded, and many have since been demolished or substantially altered, so his work is now a valuable source of information on British architectural history.<ref name=ODNB/> His work was exhibited at the [[Royal Academy]] every year from 1798 until 1849, and - after being twice-blackballed in 1808 and 1809 - he became a Fellow of the [[Society of Antiquaries of London]] in 1810.<ref name="Annual Register">[https://books.google.com/books?id=UxkEAAAAYAAJ&printsec=titlepage&source=gbs_summary_r&cad=0#PRA1-PA361,M1 ''The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History and Politics of the Year 1851''] (1852), London:George Woodfall & Son, p. 361.</ref><ref>Joshua Mardell (2022) "Blackballing Buckler: the Letters of John Buckler (1770-1851), the Carter School and the Foundations of an Antiquarian Dynasty", ''Antiquaries Journal'', 102:418-446. [http://doi:10.1017/S0003581522000038 doi:10.1017/S0003581522000038]</ref>

John Buckler died in [[Newington, London]], in 1851, two years after his retirement. Forty-two volumes of his sketches<ref>Mixed with those of his son, J.C. Buckler, whose "pencil drawings of ancient buildings are almost indistinguishable in technique from those of his father" (Colvin).</ref> are now held by the [[British Library]];<ref>Add. Mss. 36356-97</ref> other places holding collections of his work include the [[Wiltshire Museum]] at Devizes, [[Taunton]] Museum, the William Salt Library in [[Stafford]] and the [[Bodleian Library]] in [[Oxford]].<ref name=ODNB/><ref name=SVC/>

*{{cite book |author=Colvin, H.M. |authorlinkauthor-link=Howard Colvin |coauthors= |title=A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects, 1600-18401600–1840 |year=1995 |publisher=[[Yale University Press]] |location=New Haven |isbn=0-300-07207-4 |pages=not cited}}

*{{cite ODNB|last=Tyack |first=Geoffrey |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Buckler, John (1770–1851) |id=3863}}

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