Augustus Pugin (1762-1832), All Souls from the top of the Radcliffe Library From Rudolph Ackermann's History of the University of Oxford, 1813
 
 
 
Postcard (OX27)
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Mini-card (M8) 10cm x 10cm folding card
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Giclee print (G2) - Reproduced to the exact dimensions of the original on approx A3 size water colour paper for mount aperture 285mm x 230mm
 £29.50p
 
   
 
IN 1795 RUDOLPH ACKERMANN, a Viennese coach designer who had recently arrived in London, opened a print shop in the Strand. Almost single-handedly he established fine art lithography in England and published numerous illustrated books. These included his History of the University of Oxford: Its Colleges, Halls and Public Buildings, published in 1814 in two volumes. Amongst other illustrations, the work contained sixty-nine hand-coloured aquatints of the Colleges and University buildings drawn mainly by Pugin, Nash and Westall. It is recorded that Pugin received £14.3s.6d for each of his drawings, thirty-one of which were used in the book.
 
All of the four Ackerman images which have been made into cards are available as Giclée prints. These are individually produced at a quality which far exceeds that of ordinary printed images, retaining the tone and character of the originals.

One of the most popular of all the Ackermann portraits of Oxford is this view of the High Street showing St Mary's Church on the right. Originals of this print now retail at around £300. The reproduction featured here is available for £29.50 Pugin: Oxford High Street OX5
  

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