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William BurgesWW-1847-527151

1847·Lithograph on paper·34.5 × 28.8 cm (13 5/8 × 11 3/8 in.)

The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection

Catalogue

Year: 1847
Medium: Lithograph on paper
Dimensions: 34.5 × 28.8 cm (13 5/8 × 11 3/8 in.)
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Artist: William Burges

Artist

William Burges

William Burges was an English architect and designer. Among the greatest of the Victorian art-architects, he sought in his work to escape from both nineteenth-century industrialisation and the Neoclassical architectural style and re-establish the architectural and social values of a utopian medieval England. Burges stands within the tradition of the Gothic Revival, his works echoing those of the Pre-Raphaelites and heralding those of the Arts and Crafts movement.

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