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Topographical drawing

  • Object:

    drawing

  • Date:

    1851 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Pugin, Augustus Welby Northmore, born 1812 - died 1852 (artist)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Pen and ink over pencil

  • Museum number:

    E.77:54-1970

  • Gallery location:

    Prints & Drawings Study Room, level E, case A, shelf 147, box G

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Physical description

Studies of furnishings and plate from the Church of St. Mary, Liege, Tongres. Studies and details of ecclesiastical plate, including two morses, one circular and one quatrefoil, a framed painting, part of a thurible, the base of a reliquary, the side of a reliquary or monstrance, and the upright arm of a crystal cross, with some sections of mouldings given.

Date

1851 (made)

Artist/maker

Pugin, Augustus Welby Northmore, born 1812 - died 1852 (artist)

Materials and Techniques

Pen and ink over pencil

Marks and inscriptions

Inscribed 'Ornaments from the treasury / Tongres' and signed and dated in monogram 'AWPugin / 1851'

Dimensions

Height: 252 mm, Width: 163 mm

Object history note

The circular morse is very rich, with several mouldings on the rim.

Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)

Alexandra Wedgwood, A.W.N. Pugin and the Pugin Family , London; V&A, 1985, p. 282.

Materials

Pencil; Pen and ink

Subjects depicted

Cross; Painting; Reliquary; Monstrance; Morse; Thurible

Categories

Drawings

Production Type

Copy

Collection code

PDP

Qr_O1172019
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