Cloister of Magdalen College

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection

Augustus Charles Pugin fled to England in the 1790s, either because of his Royalism or on account of a duel. He seems to have landed in Wales, where he became a friend of the architect John Nash (1752–1835). He worked as a general artist, providing designs for Nash and painting scenery, before moving to London and studying at the Royal Academy Schools. He first exhibited architectural designs at the Academy in 1799 and, from 1807, began to exhibit at the Old Watercolour Society. Pugin worked on several projects for Rudolf Ackermann, including plates for The Microcosm of London and The Abbey Church of Westminster (1811–12). During this period he set up a school of architectural drawing and began to publish his own works. He was the father of A. W. N. Pugin, who designed the interiors of the Houses of Parliament.
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, Oxford: Magdalen College, Oxford, Oxfordshire

Subjects

gardener, topography, Victorian Genre, tree, man, woman, academic gown, parasol, college, bucket, gate, lawn, university, chapel, courtyard, window

Materials & Techniques

aquatint, colour aquatint

Artist

Auguste Charles Pugin (1762 - 1832)
John Bluck

Title

Cloister of Magdalen College

Date

published 1 February 1814

Medium

Colour aquatint

Acquisition

Purchased from Geoffrey Glynn, June 1960

GAC number

5142