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Topographical drawing

Topographical Drawing
1840-52 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Studies (on 14 leaves from a sketchbook) of medieval ecclesiastical buildings and furnishings in the Fen district, including St. Mary and St. Nicholas, Trumpington, St Thomas of Canterbury, Ramsey, St. Andrew and St. Mary, Grantchester, St. Botolph, Boston, St. John the Baptist, Stamford, St. Peter and St. Paul, Fenstanton, and St. Mary, Huntingdon.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleTopographical drawing
Materials and techniques
Pencil
Brief description
A. W. Pugin. One of 135 assorted topographical drawings.
Physical description
Studies (on 14 leaves from a sketchbook) of medieval ecclesiastical buildings and furnishings in the Fen district, including St. Mary and St. Nicholas, Trumpington, St Thomas of Canterbury, Ramsey, St. Andrew and St. Mary, Grantchester, St. Botolph, Boston, St. John the Baptist, Stamford, St. Peter and St. Paul, Fenstanton, and St. Mary, Huntingdon.
Dimensions
  • Height: 115mm
  • Width: 74mm
Marks and inscriptions
Inscribed with notes and measurements.
Object history
There is no mention is Pugin's surviving diaries of a visit to these places, and so it is suggested that they date from one of the two years when the diaries are missing, 1843 or 1846.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Alexandra Wedgwood, A.W.N. Pugin and the Pugin Family , London; V&A, 1985, p. 293.
Collection
Accession number
E.80:17-1970

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Record createdSeptember 23, 2010
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