Object number1864.1.195

The Tower of London Before the Fire

DateNd

Artist Augustus Charles Pugin (British, b. France, c. 1762–1832)

CultureBritish

MediumWatercolor and pencil

DimensionsMatted: 16 x 22 in. (40.64 x 55.88 cm)
Sight: 7 x 10 1/4 in. (17.78 x 26.04 cm)
Sheet: 7 1/8 x 10 1/4 in. (18.1 x 26.04 cm)

Credit LineGift of Matthew Vassar

On View

Not on view

Period19th c

Classification(s)

Drawings and Watercolors

SignedNot signed or dated

BibliographyLandscapes of Retrospection (Poughkeepsie: FLLAC, 1999), facing p. i repr. ProvenanceCollections: Elias Magoon
Exhibition HistoryPoughkeepsie, NY, FLLAC, Vassar College, "Landscapes of Retrospection," October 15 - December 19, 1999;

The David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, January 25 - March 25, 2001;

The Heinz Architectural Center, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, June 9 - September 2, 2001;

Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, February 9 - April 7, 2002 (see below).

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