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The lives of the British architects from William of Wykeham to Sir William Chambers (1909)

Chancellor, E. Beresford (Edwin Beresford), 1868-1937 · London, Duckworth and Co.; New York, C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 226

An illustration from The lives of the British architects from William of Wykeham to Sir William Chambers, 1909, leaf 226 — veryordinary—or, perhaps, one should say extraordinary—architect, was anything but an ordinary man. Indeed, hepossessed many of the essentials of a very great one, andhad he applied himself to architecture early in life, weshould probably have lost a witty playwright and havegained a very fine… … SIR JOHN YAXBRUGH To face p. 180 VANBRUGH i8i slowly but surely mastering its less defined but no lessnecessary attributes. He was, however, ridden by a demonwhich no amount of effort would apparently have succeededin unseating—the demon of size; and thus when he wascalled upon to plan a Blenheim,…

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