Drawing

This design by Pugin is one of a group of ten sheets of preliminary designs and working drawings within the V&A collections for the ceiling of the House of Lords chamber. This design made up of 17 ceiling panels of which four placed together from a square compartment represents the final designs which were used on the ceiling.

Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (1812-52) is widely considered as one of the most significant and influential architects, designers and theorists of the 19th century. Following his conversion to Catholicism in 1835, he identified the Gothic style with Christian architecture and his work and writings inspired and framed the Gothic Revival. In 'Contrasts', published in 1836, he condemned classical forms and ardently praised 14th and 15th-century architecture. Pugin is best remembered for his work on the Palace of Westminster.