The private palaces of London past and present (1908)
Chancellor, E. Beresford (Edwin Beresford), 1868-1937 · London : K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co. Ltd. · leaf 446
work, was bornin Italy, and was brought to this country by Adam, by whom he was employed in decoratingmany of the houses which the latter erected. He became an associate of the Royal Academy,but subsequently returned to Rome where he died in 1795. Angelica Kauffmann is too wellknown to require any… … Photo Bedford Lemere & Co THE PAINTED ROOM, SPENCER HOUSE. SPENCER HOUSE 343 effect of colour which, when we consider the number of tones introduced,makes the result produced a veritable tour de force. The whole of theroom is delicately painted in a blue-green background, against which…
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