William Henry Buck (American/Louisiana, 1840-1888)

"Estate on the Mississippi Gulf Coast with Two Setters and Black Figure Walking Along Scenic Drive," 1880

oil on canvas, signed and dated “Wm. H. Buck-80” lower right, 24 x 36 in.

In a period giltwood and gesso frame, 34x 46 in.

Provenance: Estate Collection, New Orleans, LA.

William Henry Buck (American/New Orleans, 1840-1888)

“School House by the Shore, Louisiana Bayou,”

oil on canvas, initialed “W.H.B.” lower right, 14 x 20 in.

In a period giltwood frame with brass plaque, 19 ½ x 25 ½ in.

Provenance: Seth L. Baldwin, New Orleans, LA, by descent through his family.

William Henry Buck (American/New Orleans, 1840-1888)

Manchac Cabin, c. 1875

oil on canvas, unsigned, “W.E. Seebold” canvas stamp en verso, 12 x 20 in.

In a period ornate giltwood and gesso frame, 20 ½ x 28 ½ in.

Provenance: Private estate collection, Birmingham, AL; Descended in the family of William Henry Buck and his wife Marie Fortin Buck to their daughter Wilhemina Buck.

Reference: Please see Delehanty, Randolph, Art in the American South: Works from the Ogden Collection, Baton Rouge: LSU Press, 1996, p. 58 for a nearly identical painting by Marshall Joseph Smith, Jr.

William Henry Buck

William Henry Buck (Norwegian/New Orleans, 1840-1888)

William Henry Buck (American/Louisiana, 1840-1888)

William Henry Buck (American/New Orleans, 1840-1888)

William Henry Buck (American/New Orleans, 1840-1888)

William Henry Buck
(Norwegian/New Orleans, 1840-1888)