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The Collected Letters of A.W.N. Pugin: 1830-1842
The importance of A. W. N. Pugin (1812-52) in the history of the Gothic Revival, in the development of ecclesiology, in the origins of the Arts and Crafts movement, and in architectural theory is incontestable. A leading British architect who was also a designer of furniture, silver,textiles, stained glass, and jewellery, he is one of the most significant figures of the mid-nineteenth century and one of the greatest designers.His correspondence is important because it provides more insight into the man and more information about his work than any other source. It cuts a cross-section through early Victorian society: his correspondents range from earls and bishops to painters and tradesmen. T...
A Passionate Humility
If Richard Oakeley is known for nothing else, he will be remembered every Christmas for giving Western Christendom one of the abiding classics of Christian hymnody--O come all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant, O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem--which he provided in 1840 for the congregation of his chapel in Margaret Street in the west end of London. Frederick Oakeley was received into the Roman Catholic Church in 1845, and his chapel was demolished in 1850, but for six years it was the heart and centre of the Oxford Movement in London. Nearly half a century after Oakeley's departure for Rome, R. W. Church, Dean of St Paul's Cathedral, still vividly remembered Oakeley's work and the profoun...
