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The architectural collaboration between J. Gillespie Graham and A. W. Pugin

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 April 2016

James Macaulay
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The architectural collaboration between J. Gillespie Graham and A. W. Pugin was more productive and extended over a longer period of time than has hitherto been suspected. It is, however, surprising that the relationship has not been investigated previously as it has long been known to scholars, particularly to those interested in the career of the English architect. For example, it was noted at the time that the drawings entered by Gillespie Graham for the Houses of Parliament competition in 183 5 were by the same hand as those entered under Charles Barry’s name. As Benjamin Ferrey, the first biographer of Pugin, put it: ‘the hand of Pugin was so evident that its real authorship could not be doubted’.

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Section 5: Contributions to Architectural Biography
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Architectural History , Volume 27: Design and Practice in British Architecture , 1984 , pp. 406 - 420
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Copyright © Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain 1984

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Notes

I wish to acknowledge the advice and help received during the preparation of this article from Mr J. G. Dunbar and Mrs A. Wedgwood.

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