Round Room Bank
Medium
Pen and brown ink and graphite, on cream wove paper
Dimensions
22.7 × 30.4 cm (8 15/16 × 12 in.)
Classification
pen and ink drawings
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
113201
Art Historical Context
Augustus Charles Pugin's *Round Room Bank* (1807) is a delicate pen and brown ink drawing heightened with graphite on cream wove paper, measuring 22.7 × 30.4 cm. Housed in the Art Institute of Chicago's Prints and Drawings department, this work exemplifies Pugin's mastery as an architectural illustrator during the early 19th century. As a key figure in Britain's burgeoning interest in topographic accuracy, Pugin (1762–1832), father of the famed Gothic Revival architect A.W.N. Pugin, specialized in capturing the grandeur of public buildings and interiors for publications like Rudolph Ackermann'...
About the Artist
Augustus Charles Pugin · 1762–1832
Augustus Charles Pugin (1762–1832) was a pioneering architectural draughtsman and engraver whose meticulous illustrations played a pivotal role in reviving interest in Britain's medieval Gothic heritage. Born in France, Pugin relocated to London around 1792, where he quickly established himself as a master of topographical and architectural rendering. Working primarily in engraving and watercolor,...