New Palace, St. James’s Park

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Hospitality, Lancaster House

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.

Places

England, London, St. James's Park, Buckingham Palace

Subjects

carriage, horseback, topography, townscape/cityscape, horse, man, woman, soldier, street, pavement, palace

Materials & Techniques

engraving, coloured engraving

Artist

Auguste Charles Pugin (1762 - 1832)
Wallis

Title

New Palace, St. James’s Park

Date

published 20 November 1827

Medium

Coloured engraving

Dimensions

height: 27.00 cm, width: 46.00 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from Harrington Bros., April 1980

GAC number

14981