Robert Adam & his brothers : their lives, work & influence on English architecture, decoration and furniture (1915)
Swarbrick, John, b. 1879 · London : B.T. Batsford · leaf 354
made THE ERECTION OF EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY BUILDING 1293 much progress, since it is known that he only survived liis l)rotherRobert by two years. So slowly were the funds subscriljed that,according to Kincaid, only /,32,ooo had been obtained by the endof February 1794. Even in the year 181 i it was… … Fie;. 219.—The Old (Ju.^drangle, Edini;irgh University, looking E.\st. University buildings was resumed in 1S15, William Henry Playfair,an Edinburgh architect, was .selected from nine competitors to completethe work, subject to modifications of the original scheme, but with dueregard to the part…
Adam, Robert, 1728-1792 · Adam, James, d. 1794 · Architecture
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