# Frederick Buck artist context and auction value notes

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## Artist identity

- Nationality: Irish
- Movements: Georgian-era miniature painting tradition
- Common media: watercolor on ivory (portrait miniatures)

## About Frederick Buck

Frederick Buck (1771–c. 1840) was an Irish miniature portrait painter who spent most of his career in his native Cork. Active during the late Georgian and early Romantic periods, Buck produced portrait miniatures that were widely sought after by the Anglo-Irish landed class and by military officers posted in Ireland. He is recognized as one of the foremost practitioners of the miniature tradition in Ireland, a genre that enjoyed particular popularity in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Buck was the brother of Adam Buck (1759–1834), another noted portrait miniaturist. In addition to his portrait work, Frederick Buck is recorded as having produced ex-libris designs. His miniatures are held in institutional and private collections and appear regularly at auction.

## Common works and media

Buck's most commonly encountered works are portrait miniatures, typically executed in watercolor on ivory and measuring a few inches in height. Subjects are predominantly bust-length or half-length portraits of gentry, military officers, and fashionable sitters of the era. He is also known to have produced ex-libris (bookplates). Works are usually found in oval or rectangular miniature frames, sometimes with glazed reverse compartments containing hairwork.

## Market and appraisal context

Frederick Buck's portrait miniatures appear regularly at auction, reflecting a sustained collector market for Georgian-era Irish miniatures. Valuation depends on condition of the ivory support and paint layer, quality and detail of the rendering, the identity of the sitter, provenance, and whether the piece retains its original frame or casing. Works attributed to Frederick should be distinguished from those of his brother Adam Buck, as both worked in similar media and periods. Collectors and appraisers should verify attribution carefully, ideally through comparison with documented examples in museum collections.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine independent artist-identity research from library authority files and museum databases with auction records, auction-house cataloguing, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. The information on this page draws on sources including the Getty Union List of Artist Names, the RKD Netherlands Institute for Art History, VIAF, the Library of Congress, and Wikidata.

## Sources

- RKD – Netherlands Institute for Art History: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/13790
- VIAF (OCLC): https://viaf.org/viaf/76180560/
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500022451
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Buck_(miniaturist)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19325701
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr92026253