Augustus Pugin (1762-1832) Wadham College from the Parks
From Rudolph Ackermann's History of the University of Oxford, 1813
 
 
 
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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 1813 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.