Francis Arundale an architectural draughtsman

Draughtsman

A draughtsman or draftsman , is a person skilled in drawing, either:*drawing for artistic purposes, or*technical drawing for practical purposes such as architecture or engineering...

, was born in London. He studied under Augustus Pugin

Augustus Pugin

Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin was an English architect, designer, and theorist of design, now best remembered for his work in the Gothic Revival style, particularly churches and the Palace of Westminster. Pugin was the father of E. W...

, and accompanied him to Normandy

Normandy

Normandy is a geographical region corresponding to the former Duchy of Normandy. It is in France.The continental territory covers 30,627 km² and forms the preponderant part of Normandy and roughly 5% of the territory of France. It is divided for administrative purposes into two régions:...

, making drawings for a description which Pugin published of the tour. In 1831 Arundale visited Egypt with Mr. Hay

Robert Hay (Egyptologist)

Robert Hay was a Scottish traveller, antiquarian, and early Egyptologist. He was born in Duns Castle, Berwickshire. During his service in the Royal Navy he visited Alexandria, Egypt, in 1818....

, and in 1833 he joined Frederick Catherwood

Frederick Catherwood

Frederick Catherwood was an English artist and architect, best remembered for his meticulously detailed drawings of the ruins of the Maya civilization. He explored Mesoamerica in the mid 19th century with writer John Lloyd Stephens...

 and Joseph Bonomi the Younger

Joseph Bonomi the Younger

Joseph Bonomi the Younger was an English sculptor, artist, Egyptologist and museum curator.-Early life:Bonomi was born in London into a family of architects...

 on their tour to the Holy Land

Holy Land

The Holy Land is a term which in Judaism refers to the Kingdom of Israel as defined in the Tanakh. For Jews, the Land's identifiction of being Holy is defined in Judaism by its differentiation from other lands by virtue of the practice of Judaism often possible only in the Land of Israel...

, filling many portfolios with drawings of the interesting monuments and ruins of Palestine

Palestine

Palestine is a conventional name, among others, used to describe the geographic region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River, and various adjoining lands....

. He subsequently visited France and Italy, and spent several winters in Rome. He made drawings of objects of interest in the cities of Italy, in Greece, Sicily

Sicily

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, and Asia Minor

Asia Minor

Asia Minor is a geographical location at the westernmost protrusion of Asia, also called Anatolia, and corresponds to the western two thirds of the Asian part of Turkey...

. He executed a few oil paintings from his Eastern sketches.

Arundale died at Brighton

Brighton

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in 1853.

Illustrated Books

• Selected Specimens of the Edifices of Palladio (1832).
• Illustrations of Jerusalem and Mount Sinai (Henry Colburn, 1837).
• Benjamin Vale, Francis Arundale, Joseph Bonomi. The Early History of Egypt (1857).