Drawing
ca.1855 (made)
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Design for a baptistery: perspective looking south. There is an arched opening to the baptistery from the nave, and a double arched opening to an aisle on the east. There are two-light windows on the west and south walls, and also a south rose window. The roof runs from east to west. The font is octagonal and uncarved.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Watercolour and pencil |
| Brief description | Design for a baptistry, possibly by A.W.N. Pugin. Watercolour and pencil on paper, c. 1855. |
| Physical description | Design for a baptistery: perspective looking south. There is an arched opening to the baptistery from the nave, and a double arched opening to an aisle on the east. There are two-light windows on the west and south walls, and also a south rose window. The roof runs from east to west. The font is octagonal and uncarved. |
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| Object history | The draughtmensship is not characteristic of A.W.N.Pugin, now is the style of architecture. It has the somewhat hestitant quality of youthful work, and is therefore attributed to E.W.Pugin as an early design. |
| Subject depicted | |
| Bibliographic reference | Alexandra Wedgwood, A.W.N. Pugin and the Pugin Family , London; V&A, 1985, p. 315.
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.61-1970 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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