Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection

Auguste Charles Pugin, artist and architectural draughtsman, was born in Paris but settled in England during the French Revolution. After attending the Royal Academy Schools he worked for architect John Nash in Wales and later in London. Nash’s influence inspired Pugin’s interest in the Gothic style. He illustrated numerous topographical and architectural publications, including Ackermann’s ‘The Microcosm of London’ (1808-10). When, in 1818, he was commissioned to produce plates for ‘Specimens of Gothic Architecture’, he employed a team of architectural students to assist. His architectural designs include the interior of the Diorama in Regent’s Park (1823) in collaboration with James Morgan and the layout of Kensal Green Cemetery (1830).
John Bluck was an aquatint engraver, mainly of topographical views, but also of marine and sporting subjects after his contemporaries. He produced plates for numerous publications.

Places

England, London

Subjects

sculpture (as Subject), topography, gravestone, monument, abbey, church, church windows, tracery, religious/ecclesiastical interior

Materials & Techniques

aquatint, coloured aquatint

Artist

Auguste Charles Pugin (1762 - 1832)
John Bluck

Title

Entrance into Poets Corner

Date

published 1 November 1811

Medium

Coloured aquatint

Dimensions

height: 34.00 cm, width: 28.00 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from Baynton-Williams, January 1978

GAC number

13595