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Topographical drawing

Drawing
1847 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Villeneuve-Les-Avignon, Gard. Porte St André. View overlooking entrance gateway, with the plain below.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleTopographical drawing
Materials and techniques
Pencil
Physical description
Villeneuve-Les-Avignon, Gard. Porte St André. View overlooking entrance gateway, with the plain below.
Dimensions
  • Height: 207mm
  • Width: 131mm
Marks and inscriptions
Inscribed in ink, on original mount, 'View from the high tower Fort St. André'. Signed and dated in ink, on original mount, in monogram 'AWP / 1847'
Object history
This drawing and E71-1970 are mounted together on a page that once formed part of Pugin's bound sketch books. Pugin's diary for 1847 records that he was in Avignon from 17 to 20 April.
Subject depicted
Place depicted
Associated object
Bibliographic reference
Alexandra Wedgwood, A.W.N. Pugin and the Pugin Family , London; V&A, 1985, p. 284.
Collection
Accession number
E.72-1970

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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