George Pyne Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

To see our other views of Oxford and Cambridge, including others by George Pyne, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - or send us a message if you cannot find the view you want. George Pyne (1800-1884) Jesus College, Cambridge, Chapel Signed G Pyne 1856. Watercolour Showing Pugin’s newly finished chapel. 34 x 24 cm (13.5 x 9.5 in.) Pyne was the elder son of William Henry Pyne, the publisher artist behind the monumental History of the Royal Residences, and son-in-law of John Varley – two founders of the Society of Painters in Watercolours. Living in Oxford from the 1850s until his death, he brought the hand of an architectural draughtsman to his views of Oxford, the works for which he is best known, but with an artist’s ability to represent the romance of old stone. His views of Cambridge and Eton also contribute to his valuable and historical record of the period. Jesus College chapel was founded in 1157, taking eighty eight years to complete, as the chapel of the Benedictine Convent of St Mary and St Radegund. Jesus College was founded in 1496 and following dissolution of the convent the college took over the precincts. Two thirds of what had been the nave were replaced with College rooms. During the reformation the chapel was reordered several times, according to the prevailing taste and state religion, and the eighteenth century saw major restoration in order to add the fashionable Classical features. Between 1846 and 1849 the Chapel was again restored, reversing earlier adaptions and introducing the fashionable Gothic revival taste. That most-fashionable of Victorian Gothic revival designers, Augustus Pugin, was appointed by the College. Replacing the 18th century plaster ceiling with a 13th century style high-pitched roof, and replacing the 18th century Perpendicular east window with three tall lancet windows...