The exterior of the Henry VII Chapel, Westminster Abbey

Details

AUGUSTUS CHARLES PUGIN (1762-1832)
The exterior of the Henry VII Chapel, Westminster Abbey
pencil, pen and grey ink and grey and brown wash on paper
18 x 14 1⁄2 in. (45.7 x 36.8 cm.)

Provenance

with Oscar and Peter Johnson, London, December 1975.

Sale room notice

Please note that this drawing is by Augustus Charles Pugin (1762-1832) and not by his son, as stated in the printed catalogue.

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Lot Essay

Pugin contributed drawings to Ackermann's The History of Westminster Abbey, 1812. One engraving from his drawings depicts the Henry VII chapel, but from slightly further south. The drawing for that print must also have been executed earlier than the present work as the restorations by James Wyatt (1746-1813) are less advanced. This drawing shows the building now removed from Poets' Corner, and the Chapter House before Sir George Gilbert Scott's 1866-1872 restoration.

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