page_title: Ambrose Macdonald Poynter
hierarchical_section_title: Ambrose Macdonald Poynter
caption_attribution_description: Español: "El centenario Argentino". El monumento ofrecido por los residentes británicos de una torre reloj. Escala de 1/40. Vista del frente principal.
context_page_description: Sir Ambrose Macdonald Poynter was a British calligrapher, artist and architect.
  Poynter was born at 24 Gower Street, Bloomsbury, London. He was eldest son of Sir Edward John Poynter, and grandson of architect Ambrose Poynter. His mother was Agnes, one of the famed Macdonald sisters.
  Poynter designed the Torre Monumental in Retiro, Buenos Aires, that was opened in 1916 and from his teens produced a number of drawings, some of which are now located in the British Museum.
context_section_description: Sir Ambrose Macdonald Poynter (26 September 1867 – 31 May 1923) was a British calligrapher, artist and architect.
  Poynter was born at 24 Gower Street, Bloomsbury, London. He was eldest son of Sir Edward John Poynter (1836–1919), and grandson of architect Ambrose Poynter (1796–1886). His mother was Agnes (1843–1906), one of the famed Macdonald sisters.
  Poynter designed the Torre Monumental in Retiro, Buenos Aires,  that was opened in 1916 and from his teens produced a number of drawings, some of which are now located in the British Museum.
caption: Plan of Torre Monumental in Buenos Aires (1910)
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