Not currently on display at the V&A

Design

1847 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Slight sketch of a Gothic doorway and a handwritten inscription on a large sheet of laid paper.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Pencil on wove paper
Brief description
Slight sketch associated with designs for St.Thomas of Canterbury parish church, Fulham, by A.W.N. Pugin, 1847
Physical description
Slight sketch of a Gothic doorway and a handwritten inscription on a large sheet of laid paper.
Dimensions
  • Height: 39.9cm
  • Width: 32.1cm
Production typeDesign
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Pugins original designs for St. Thomas church / Fulham' (In handwriting in pencil)
  • 'G.WALLIS / 1845' (Watermark)
  • Figure of Brittania. (Watermark)
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.
Subject depicted
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.
Collection
Accession number
E.410-2009

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Record createdJuly 31, 2009
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