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Artist/Maker	A.W.N. Pugin (designer)
Place of origin	Britain (made)

Elevation and details of the tower of West Tanfield church, Yorkshire. The elevation shows the building to be on a slope, and three decorative details of the church have been included around the central drawing.

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Categories	Drawings Designs
Object type	Drawing
Materials and techniques	Pencil with some pen and ink Pencil Pen and Ink Drawing
Brief description	Study, one of twelve leaves from a sketchbook of medieval ecclesiastical building and furnishings in North Yorkshire, including Bolt on Abbey, Richmond, West Tanfield, Jervaulx Abbey and All Saints Church, York, by A.W.N. Pugin. Pencil, pen and ink on paper, c. 1833.
Physical description	Elevation and details of the tower of West Tanfield church, Yorkshire. The elevation shows the building to be on a slope, and three decorative details of the church have been included around the central drawing.
Dimensions	Height: 110mm Width: 70mm
Marks and inscriptions	Inscribed with some notes and measurements
Object history	There is no mention in Pugin's surviving diaries of a visit to these places, and stylistically the drawings seem to be early works. A date of ca.1833 is therefore suggested. At this period Pugin was making an intense study of medieval architecture.
Place depicted	North Yorkshire
Bibliographic reference	Alexandra Wedgwood, A.W.N. Pugin and the Pugin Family , London; V&A, 1985, p. 289.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.80:4-1970

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Record created	September 21, 2010
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1172585/drawing-awn-pugin/

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