Augustus Pugin letters, 1823-1831.

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Augustus Pugin letters, 1823-1831.

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The collection consists of two letters: to Dear Sir, 21 June 1823, confirming that he has sent the requested print, and writing that he and his wife had stopped to call on the recipient and Mrs. Morant, who were in the country; also, to Gentlemen [Messrs. Southgate, Grimston, & Wells], 27 Jan. 1831, expressing displeasure at delays caused by Mr. Taylor in the sale of some of Pugin's prints.

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Southgate, Grimston & Wells

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Pugin, Augustus, 1762-1832

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Draughtsman and architect Augustus Charles Pugin elected to flee France during the revolution, settling in London where he secured a position in the architectural firm of John Nash. Pugin was an author as well as a designer, and his stylish books on Gothic ornamentation provided influential source material for the Gothic revival in England, led by Pugin's son, Augustus Welby Pugin. From the description of Costumes of Portugal drawn by Mr. Pugin from models made in Portugal, between 1...