Design
ca. 1848 (made)
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This is a perspective view of the presbytery to St. Thomas of Canterbury, Fulham, London. It is by A.W.N. Pugin and is dated '1848'. It was built out of stock brick in a neo-Gothic style. The donor Mrs Bowden paid for the church, school, and master's house as well as the presbytery so it is plain instyle. The presbytery is still exists although it no longer has an open setting.
Pugin was an architect, designer, and writer whose work became the theoretical and practical inspiration for the Gothic Revival movement. A convert to Roman Catolicism in 1835, Pugin soon became a leading architect for new Roman Catholic churches. In 1841, when he published The True Principles of Pointed or Christian Architecture , Pugin felt confident about both the progress of the Gothic revival and the growth of the Roman Catholic church in England.
Pugin was an architect, designer, and writer whose work became the theoretical and practical inspiration for the Gothic Revival movement. A convert to Roman Catolicism in 1835, Pugin soon became a leading architect for new Roman Catholic churches. In 1841, when he published The True Principles of Pointed or Christian Architecture , Pugin felt confident about both the progress of the Gothic revival and the growth of the Roman Catholic church in England.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Pencil, pen and ink on wove paper |
| Brief description | Perspective view of presbytery, by A.W.N. Pugin, ca.1847 |
| Physical description | Perspective view of presbytery in a neo-Gothic style with crosses surmounting the gables on cream-coloured paper. |
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| Production type | Design |
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| Credit line | Given by the Order of the Visitation |
| Object history | There is a manuscript letter by Pugin MSL/2009/12 in the National Art Library which relates to this commission. |
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| Summary | This is a perspective view of the presbytery to St. Thomas of Canterbury, Fulham, London. It is by A.W.N. Pugin and is dated '1848'. It was built out of stock brick in a neo-Gothic style. The donor Mrs Bowden paid for the church, school, and master's house as well as the presbytery so it is plain instyle. The presbytery is still exists although it no longer has an open setting. Pugin was an architect, designer, and writer whose work became the theoretical and practical inspiration for the Gothic Revival movement. A convert to Roman Catolicism in 1835, Pugin soon became a leading architect for new Roman Catholic churches. In 1841, when he published The True Principles of Pointed or Christian Architecture , Pugin felt confident about both the progress of the Gothic revival and the growth of the Roman Catholic church in England. |
| Bibliographic reference | Wedgwood, Alexandra, In Atterbury, Paul. and Wainwright, Clive eds. Pugin. A Gothic Passion. New Haven and London: Yale University Press in association with the V&A, 1994. p.58, ill. ISBN 0300060149. |
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| Accession number | E.417-2009 |
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| Record created | November 11, 2009 |
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