Topographical drawing
Topographical Drawing
1840-52 (made)
1840-52 (made)
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Studies (on 3 sheets) of church plate from the Treasury of the Convent of the Sisters of Our Lady, Namur. Slight sketches of a general view of the back of a reliquary of the rib of St. Peter, and several slight sketches of details drawn to a larger scale.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Topographical drawing |
| Materials and techniques | Pencil |
| Brief description | A. W. Pugin. One of 135 assorted topographical drawings. |
| Physical description | Studies (on 3 sheets) of church plate from the Treasury of the Convent of the Sisters of Our Lady, Namur. Slight sketches of a general view of the back of a reliquary of the rib of St. Peter, and several slight sketches of details drawn to a larger scale. |
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| Production type | Copy |
| Marks and inscriptions | Inscribed 'Rib of S. Peter' and 'niello' (marked across the drawing in three places'. |
| Object history | The reliquary of the rib of St. Peter is a signed and dated work by Brother Hugo of Oignies, of 1228. It is described and illustrated in Courtoy 1935, pp.29-26, figs. 11-19. Pugin's diary for 1951 notes that he was in Namur on 23 and 24 July. He was drawing a great deal of church plate on this tour and it seems possible he was planning another illustrated book on the subject with many continental examples, similar to the one he had painted in 1851 on chancel screens. |
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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.77:62-1970 |
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| Record created | September 6, 2010 |
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