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A floor standing clock c. 1827-33
Pencil, watercolour | 37.1 x 17.4 cm (sheet of paper) (sheet of paper) | RCIN 934925

Office of Augustus Charles Pugin (1762–1832)
A floor standing clock c. 1827-33
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A watercolour showing a detailed view of a floor standing clock, after RCIN 30004. The right half of the drawing has been finished in watercolour while the left half is only shown in pencil. The clock case is shown with a domed top and is surmounted by a gilt bronze figure of Time wielding his scythe. Three female figures, representing the Fates, are shown below the dial with a glazed panel behind them. The case is shown supported by four lion's paw feet and is resting on a tall tapering pedestal. A mask of Apollo is shown at the top of the pedestal, with ram's heads shown on either side. The pedestal is shown supported by six lion's paw feet, resting on a matching base, decorated with lion's heads and shown supported by four scrolled feet. Plans are shown to the right and measurements are shown around the clock.
The Pictorial Inventory consists of three volumes containing a total of 230 drawings. It was originally created as a pictorial record of the clocks, vases, candelabra and other miscellaneous items from Carlton House, as well as selected items from the stores at Buckingham House, Brighton Pavilion, Hampton Court and Kensington Palace to be considered for use in the refurbishment of Windsor Castle. Artists from an architectural drawing school run by Augustus Charles Pugin were employed by George IV’s supplier of furniture, Nicholas Morel, for this epic task. After Morel had finished using the drawings as an aid in creating his furniture schemes for Windsor Castle, the drawings were bound into three volumes and delivered to the King’s Inventory Clark, Benjamin Jutsham, where they assumed the role of an inventory. At some point in the nineteenth century, further drawings were added to the original 214 supplied by Morel. Many of the 230 drawings have been annotated by Jutsham or by a later hand and many inscriptions, including some signatures, have been erased. -
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Medium and techniques
Pencil, watercolour
Measurements
37.1 x 17.4 cm (sheet of paper) (sheet of paper)
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Other number(s)
RL 34925RL 33561f3