# Specimens of Gothic Architecture \(frontispiece\) [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [PUGIN, Augustus Charles]() - Date: 1801-1850 - Technique: Engraving, 240 x 180 mm ## Commentary This engraving is based on Pugin's drawing of a doorway to Henry VII's Chapel in Westminster Abbey, London. Early interest in things Gothic was stimulated by their destruction and the efforts of men like Augustus Charles Pugin and his more famous son, Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin, to create a "Gothic Revival" in contemporary building. ## Related artworks - [Design for a Sofa in the Gothic Revival Style]() - [Royal Cock Pit]() - [View of Westminster Hall and Bridge, London]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()