PUGIN, AUGUSTUS, was an eminent architectural draughtsman who was born in France in 1769, and came over to London to practise his profession. The principal part of his attention was directed to the illustration of the architecture of the middle ages. He published Specimens of Gothic Architecture selected from various Ancient Edifices in England in 1821-23; and Specimens of the Architectural Antiquities of Normandy in 1825-28. He was also in 1831, the year before his death, assisting
his son in producing a work entitled Gothic Ornaments selected from various Buildings in England and France.