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Inigo Jones and Wren; or, The rise and decline of modern architecture in England (1893)

Loftie, William John, 1839-1911 · London, Rivington, Percival · leaf 264

An illustration from Inigo Jones and Wren; or, The rise and decline of modern architecture in England, 1893, leaf 264 — reenPark, now pulled down. Chambers practically retired from theprofession some time before his death in 1796. Next to him, indate, comes Robert Adam, born in 1728. Adam and his brothersobtained a great reputation for a knowledge of architecture ; andtheir book on Spalatro enhanced it. In London,… … ^ 8 33 The Successors of IVien 245 blocks of surpassing ugliness. Lansdowne House is very tame.But Adam did better things, as for instance two sides of FitzroySquare. Kedleston Hall in Derbyshire has many merits ; thedesign, and especially the singular arrangement of the plan, withits four wings,…

Jones, Inigo, 1573-1652 · Wren, Christopher, Sir, 1632-1723 · Architecture -- England History

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