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From, Beautiful Buildings in France & Belgium, Including many which have been destroyed during the war. Reproductions in Colour and Monochrome from rare old Prints and Drawings, by and after Prout, Boys, Coney, W. Callow, David Roberts, C. Wild and others, with descriptive notes, by C. Harrison Townsend, F.R.I.B.A.; New York: The Hubbell Publishing Co., 1916; pp. 66-69.


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BRUGES :  ST SAUVEUR, CHOIR CHAPEL

(Jos. Nash)

Black and white drawing of the interior of the Choir Chapel of St. Sauveur in Bruges, by Joseph Nash.  Built in the 15th Century.



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Bruges

ST. SAUVEUR : CHOIR CHAPEL

(Jos. Nash)

Block Print of the decorated letter THERE is considerable resemblance between the sketch by Nash of this side-chapel, with its classic treatment in white, black, and gray marbles, and that by the same artist reproduced on page 42. The oak door dividing it from the transept dates from 1513, the altar — hardly shown in the Plate — being a few years later, and introducing in its design armorial reliefs of a much earlier period. The Chapel, together with the other four side-chapels, was built in 1482,

Joseph Nash, the artist whose drawing is here reproduced, must not be confounded 68 with the artist of the same surname whose beautiful work, “The Mansions of England,” was inspired by a spirit that makes it still rank as a very special contribution to architectural history. The field of Joseph Nash’s work and industry was usually North France, Holland, and Belgium, where he is known to have executed no less a number than five hundred water-colour and crayon drawings of such subjects as the present, with a fine feeling for light and shade and great knowledge in the expression of architectural detail.



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