High altar. St Thomas of Canterbury
Design
1847 (made)
1847 (made)
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This is a design for the high altar, showing St.Thomas flanked by angels, for the Roman Catholic church of St. Thomas of Canterbury at Fulham, London. This design shows the retable and central receptacle for the consecrated Host, known as the tabernacle, above the high altar. There is a design dated '1847' for the altar alone which is also by Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (1812-1852).
Pugin was an architect, designer, and writer whose work became the theoretical and practical inspiration for the Gothic Revival movement. A convert to Roman Catolicism in 1835, Pugin soon became a leading architect for new Roman Catholic churches. In 1841, when he published The True Principles of Pointed or Christian Architecture , Pugin felt confident about both the progress of the Gothic revival and the growth of the Roman Catholic church in England.
Pugin was an architect, designer, and writer whose work became the theoretical and practical inspiration for the Gothic Revival movement. A convert to Roman Catolicism in 1835, Pugin soon became a leading architect for new Roman Catholic churches. In 1841, when he published The True Principles of Pointed or Christian Architecture , Pugin felt confident about both the progress of the Gothic revival and the growth of the Roman Catholic church in England.
Object details
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| Title | High altar. St Thomas of Canterbury (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Pencil on wove paper |
| Brief description | Design for high altar for St.Thomas of Canterbury, Fulham, by A.W.N. Pugin, 1847 |
| Physical description | Design for high altar showing St.Thomas flanked by angels above which is a row of saints flanking the crucified Christ on a sheet of greyish wove paper which has folded sides. |
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| Production type | Design |
| Credit line | Given by the Order of the Visitation |
| Object history | There is a manuscript letter by Pugin MSL/2009/12 in the National Art Library which relates to this commission. |
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| Summary | This is a design for the high altar, showing St.Thomas flanked by angels, for the Roman Catholic church of St. Thomas of Canterbury at Fulham, London. This design shows the retable and central receptacle for the consecrated Host, known as the tabernacle, above the high altar. There is a design dated '1847' for the altar alone which is also by Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (1812-1852). Pugin was an architect, designer, and writer whose work became the theoretical and practical inspiration for the Gothic Revival movement. A convert to Roman Catolicism in 1835, Pugin soon became a leading architect for new Roman Catholic churches. In 1841, when he published The True Principles of Pointed or Christian Architecture , Pugin felt confident about both the progress of the Gothic revival and the growth of the Roman Catholic church in England. |
| Bibliographic reference | Wedgwood, Alexandra, In Atterbury, Paul. and Wainwright, Clive eds. Pugin. A Gothic Passion. New Haven and London: Yale University Press in association with the V&A, 1994. p.58, ill. ISBN 0300060149. |
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| Accession number | E.415-2009 |
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| Record created | July 31, 2009 |
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