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FROM A UNIQUE COLLECTION OF ROYAL NAVY ITEMS BELONGING TO ADMIRAL MATTHEW BUCKLE SENIOR, (1716 – 1784), AND HIS SON, ADMIRAL BUCKLE (1770 – 1855). SOLD OFF SEVERAL YEARS AGO FROM THE FAMILY SEAT, NORTH HOUSE IN SURREY. MANY FROM THE BUCKLE FAMILY HAD LONG HISTORICAL CARRIERS IN THE ROYAL NAVY INCLUDING THE SON OF THE SECOND ADMIRAL, ADMIRAL SIR CLAUDE BUCKLE. AS SUCH, THE THE HOUSE OF THE FAMILY ESTATE DISPLAYED MANY FINE ROYAL NAVAL THEMED PCITURE DEPICTING THEMSELVE, AND GREAT ROYAL NAVAL ENGAGEMENTS. THE FIST ADMIRAL BUCKLE DIED, A FULL ADMIRAL, 7TH JULY 1784. HIS FIRST ACTION WAS THE CAPTURE OF THE SPANISH SHIP, GLORIOSO IN 1747. WENT ON TO COMMAND, HMS THE ROYAL GEORGE. TOOK PART IN THE ATTACK ON HAVANA IN 1762. MUCH INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND OUT ABOUT THE ROYAL NAVY BUCKLE FAMILY ON-LINE.

A LARGE PAINTING OF ADMIRAL MATTHEW BUCKLE, (2ND BUCKLE ADMIRAL). IN A LARGE GILDED ROCCOCO STYLE MOULDED EDGE FRAME. DEEPLY MOULDED PLASTER, THE FRAME UP TO 115 MM DEEP. OUTSIDE, 990 BY 1200 MM. A FEW CHIPS TO THE PLASTER. UNTOUCHED AND DUSTY, COULD DO WITH A GENTLE CLEAN. THE BACK WITH A FRAMERS LABEL, AND A DSCRIPTION LABEL WHICH STATES, “ADMIRAL MATTHEW BUCKLE, BORN MAY 3RD 1770 DIED APRIL 8TH 1855. PAINTED BY J. HASWOOD IN MARCH 1843. THE UNIFORM WAS ALTERED FROM A REAR ADMIRAL’S TO THAT OF A FULL ADMIRAL AND THE MEDAL ADDED IN 1863″.

VERY BIG AND HEAVY, SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS WILL NEED TO BE DISCUSSED ABOUT DELIVERY.