All Soul's College from the Radcliffe Library

1810·Watercolor with pen and brown ink on cream wove paper, laid down on ivory wove paper·20.2 × 28.7 cm (8 × 11 5/16 in.)

Gift of Mrs. James Ward Thorne

Catalogue

Year: 1810
Medium: Watercolor with pen and brown ink on cream wove paper, laid down on ivory wove paper
Dimensions: 20.2 × 28.7 cm (8 × 11 5/16 in.)
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Artist: Augustus Charles Pugin

Artist

Augustus Charles Pugin

Augustus Charles Pugin was a French-born British artist, architectural draughtsman and writer. He was born in Paris to a Swiss father, and Pugin himself was to spend most of his adult life in England. Pugin left France during the French Revolutionary Wars period for unclear reasons about 1798 and later entered the Royal Academy Schools in London, England to improve his skills. Shortly afterwards he obtained a position as an architectural draughtsman with the architect John Nash. After considering and abandoning a career in architecture Pugin married and settled on a career as a commercial artist working primarily for publishers of illustrated books. He was a skilful watercolourist as well as an accomplished draftsman.

Paris, France

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