Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin, 1812–1852, British, Design for the Brass Eagle Lectern Base, 1846
- Title:
- Design for the Brass Eagle Lectern Base
- Part Of:
- Date:
- 1846
- Materials & Techniques:
- Graphite and pen and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, beige paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 32 1/2 x 27 7/8 inches (82.6 x 70.8 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and black ink, upper left: "Lectern H no 2"; in pen and black ink, upper right: "All Real size"; in pen and black ink, upper center: "these angels will be | taken for the small | copper gilt ones"; upper center: "at"; center left: "(observe) the different | members of the tracery | are all sunk to various | thicknesses."; center left: "A B C | these filets | excess narrow"; lower left: "Geometrical Elevation of Flying Buttresses."; lower center: "front Elevation of Buttress"; lower right: "Plan of Pan"; and various inscriptions throughout
Signed and dated in pen and black ink, lower right: "AW Pugin | 1846"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.20581
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- angel | architectural subject | architecture | design | Gothic (Medieval) | lectern
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:18061
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