[1] He was born in Paris to a Swiss father, and Pugin himself was to spend most of his life in England.

Pugin left France during the French Revolutionary Wars period for unclear reasons about 1798 and later entered the Royal Academy Schools in London, England to improve his skills.

Shortly afterwards he obtained a position as an architectural draughtsman with the architect John Nash.

Pugin produced views of London, jointly creating the illustrations for the Microcosm of London (1808–1811) published by Rudolph Ackermann, followed by plates for Ackermann's books about Westminster Abbey, Oxford and Cambridge universities, and Winchester College.

D'Egville, B. Ferrey, the architect Francis T. Dollman, and the comedian Charles James Mathews.