Drawing

This design is for the internal decoration for Bolton Abbey, to be executed by J. G. Crace for the Duke of Devonshire. Crace worked extensively for the Duke of Devonshire, and here he seems to have tried to get Pugin to make designs for what to him was an uncongenial commission.

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.