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 397
level, they erected on these a number of streets,one of which contained the house for the then newly-formedSociety of Arts, and a terrace from which one of the finestviews of the river can still be obtained. The streets werenamed after the four brothers, and the whole propertywas generically… … ROBERT ADAM 309 down the seams, like a soldiers frill in a regimental oldcoat,—the Adams were involved in a law-suit with theLord Mayor, the chief official conservator of the Thames,who accused them of encroaching too far on the river-bank.This proved but a temporary vexation, however, for…
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