Recollections of A. N. Welby Pugin, and his Father, Augustus Pugin: With Notices of their Works

Recollections of A. N. Welby Pugin, and his Father, Augustus Pugin: With Notices of their Works

by Benjamin Ferrey
Recollections of A. N. Welby Pugin, and his Father, Augustus Pugin: With Notices of their Works

Recollections of A. N. Welby Pugin, and his Father, Augustus Pugin: With Notices of their Works

by Benjamin Ferrey

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Overview

The architect and designer Augustus Welby Pugin (1812–52), whose early commissions included furniture for George IV at Windsor, assured his place in history through his work with Sir Charles Barry on the Palace of Westminster following the 1834 fire. A pivotal figure in Britain's Gothic Revival, he became a Roman Catholic in 1835, combining his religion with his devotion to the medieval in building projects such as Nottingham Cathedral, St George's Cathedral in Southwark, and Mount St Bernard Abbey in Leicestershire. Benjamin Ferrey (1810–80) studied architectural draughtsmanship under Augustus Charles Pugin (1762–1832). Boarding with the Pugins for seven years, he gained first-hand knowledge of father and son. This 1861 work is a lasting achievement in architectural biography. It includes a substantial appendix by Edmund Sheridan Purcell, a family friend whose own Catholicism equipped him to discuss the religious aspects of the younger Pugin's character and work.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781108064576
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 06/27/2013
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Art and Architecture
Pages: 512
Product dimensions: 6.80(w) x 10.40(h) x 1.60(d)

Table of Contents

Preface; 1. The elder Pugin's arrival in England; 2. Pugin travels to obtain sketches for his works; 3. Early instruction; 4. Birth of Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin; 5. Effect of Calvinistic teaching; 6. Welby Pugin's first connection with theatres; 7. Temporary embarrassments; 8. His second marriage; 9. Article in The Times; 10. Pugin's introduction to the earl of Shrewsbury; 11. Publishes True Principles of Gothic Architecture; 12. Publishes A Treatise on Chancel Screens; 13. Ruskin's severe criticism upon Pugin's buildings; 14. Quits Salisbury and comes to London; 15. Consulted by the late Lord Stuart de Rothsay at High Cliff; 16. Remarks on jewels prepared for the intended wedding; 17. Pugin's third marriage; 18. Destruction of the old Houses of Parliament; 19. Intimacy with Mr Herbert Minton; 20. Pugin's opinion of the Great Exhibition building in Hyde Park; 21. Writes to Mr Minton; 22. General retrospect of the progress of modern architecture; 23. Further illustrations of Pugin's character; Appendix; Memorial.
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