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Topographical drawing

Drawing
1847 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Venice, Veneto. Views (on 4 sheets) of the city. View looking towards St. Mark's Square from the sea, and a more distant view of the Venice sea front with an island in the foreground.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleTopographical drawing
Materials and techniques
Pencil
Physical description
Venice, Veneto. Views (on 4 sheets) of the city. View looking towards St. Mark's Square from the sea, and a more distant view of the Venice sea front with an island in the foreground.
Dimensions
  • Height: 176mm
  • Width: 260mm
Marks and inscriptions
Inscribed 'Venice' and in ink, in another hand on the original mount '106'. In pencil, in another hand on the original mount with a note about a frame.
Object history
The sketch has its original mount and must once have formed a page in one of Pugin's bound sketchbooks.
Places depicted
Associated objects
Bibliographic reference
Alexandra Wedgwood, A.W.N. Pugin and the Pugin Family , London; V&A, 1985, p. 294.
Collection
Accession number
E.75-1970

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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