Design for the Decoration of the Drawing Room at Eastnor Castle, Herefordshire

Designer Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin British

ca. 1850

Not on view

This watercolor records the redecoration of the drawing room at Eastnor Castle, a building designed by Robert Smirke in 1811. Parts of the interior were redesigned by A.W.N. Pugin In 1849-50 in a neo-Gothic style, with much of the work carried out by the London decorating firm of Crace. John Gregory Crace here shows the drawing room with a blue fan-vaulted ceiling with gilded ribs, green walls ornamented with a striped pattern, red curtains, paintings and a gothic mantlepiece and cabinet.

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Title: Design for the Decoration of the Drawing Room at Eastnor Castle, Herefordshire
Artist: John Gregory Crace (British, London 1809–1889 Dulwich)
Designer: Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (British, London 1812–1852 Ramsgate)
Date: ca. 1850
Medium: Watercolor with touches of gold over graphite
Dimensions: sheet: 15 3/8 x 19 13/16 in. (39.1 x 50.4 cm)
Classifications: Drawings, Ornament & Architecture
Credit Line: Dodge and Fletcher Funds, 1967
Object Number: 67.736.49
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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