Untitled
1878
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1878
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Untitled is a 1878 by William Burges, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
In 1878, William Burges made architectural drawings for a cathedral. His work shows a church with two towers, three doors, and a tall spire. The design mixes old styles with lots of detailed carvings. Burges never finished these plans. The cathedral was never built from his drawings. Still, his ideas show how he mixed past and present in one vision. Look up architect Burges, William (A.R.A.).
Two pencil drawings on paper by William Burges from 1878 present decorative schemes for Truro Cathedral. The left sheet shows an elevation of a three-sided balcony projecting from a stone wall, featuring sculptural figures—likely saints—within niches, with painted detailing above and below, accompanied by a plan of the structure below the elevation. The right sheet depicts a nativity scene rendered in sculpture or painting, framed by columns and adorned with scrolling ornamentation above and below.
Read the full account in the museum source.
William Burges slept in a tower at Cardiff Castle with his sketchbooks—ink-stained pages piled under his bed like secret sandwiches.
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