Topographical drawing
Topographical Drawing
1840-52 (made)
1840-52 (made)
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Studies (on 3 sheets) of chuch plate from the Treasury of the Convent of the Sisters of Mercy, Namur. Part general view, plans at three stages, and two details drawn on larger scale of the big reliquary of St. Nicholas, dating from the mid 13th century. Also details of a grotesque creature at the foot of the so-called Byzantine cross.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Topographical drawing |
| Materials and techniques | Pen and ink |
| Brief description | A. W. Pugin. One of 135 assorted topographical drawings. |
| Physical description | Studies (on 3 sheets) of chuch plate from the Treasury of the Convent of the Sisters of Mercy, Namur. Part general view, plans at three stages, and two details drawn on larger scale of the big reliquary of St. Nicholas, dating from the mid 13th century. Also details of a grotesque creature at the foot of the so-called Byzantine cross. |
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| Production type | Copy |
| Marks and inscriptions | Inscribed 'Reliquaries now / at the les Seurs [sic] Francaise [sic] / Namue' and with crystal and niello marked where appropriate. |
| Object history | The big reliquary of St. Nicholas is described and illustrated in Courtoy 1935, pp.76-81. Pugin has not drawn this object very accurately; he has omitted some parts and changed the general proportions. The same is true in his diary of a grotesque animal at the foor of the so-called Bysantine Cross. There may be two reasons for this; the first, and most probable, is that Pugin drew these objects very rapidly and in pencil, and then subsequently inked them in, and could not remember all the details accurately; the second is that he may have wished to adapt these objects in ways which corresponded more closely to his own style. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Alexandra Wedgwood, A.W.N. Pugin and the Pugin Family , London; V&A, 1985, p. 281.
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.77:61-1970 |
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| Record created | September 6, 2010 |
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