Sir Francis Buller, 1st Bt
The gaze of Sir Francis Buller, 1st Bt, meets the viewer from within this 1792 oil on canvas. Mather Brown captures the man who lived from 1746 to 1800, freezing a moment of judicial authority upon the fabric of the late eighteenth century. The sitter occupies the space with a quiet, heavy presence, his identity tied to the legal weight of his station. One senses the gravity of his life's…









