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The drawing shows the left half of the retable only and the tabernacle. The right side with a sketch of the tabernacle is otherwise left unfinished. The drawing is annotated with measurements and depicts St. Thomas at the centre of the altar. It is by Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (1812-1852), about 1847.  There is a design dated '1847' for the altar alone (E.411-2009) and for the altar, retable, and tabernacle (E.415-2009) that are also by  Pugin.  \r\n\r\nPugin was an architect, designer, and writer whose work became the theoretical and practical inspiration for the Gothic Revival movement. A convert to Roman Catolicism in 1835,  Pugin soon became a leading architect for new Roman Catholic churches. 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