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Robert Adam & his brothers; their lives, work & influence on English architecture, decoration and furniture (1916)

Swarbrick, John, b. 1879 · London : B. T. Batsford · leaf 173

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n, by Dr Adolf Michaelis. that, in the year 1762,James Adam jjurchased on behalf of King George 111. the largecollection of drawings and |)rints which then l)elonge<l to CardinalAlessandro Albani, to whom the sum ot fourteen thousand scudi,or about three thousand guineas, was paid. This… … Jig. loo.—TiiL 1 rri.K-PAiiE of PiranesTs Campus Mariius, with Dedication to Robert Adam. 140 THl-: {•ONIINKNTAI. TOlR OF l.\Ml-:S ADAM 141 or lost. While engaged upon the negotiations at the time of thepurchase, James Adam may, not improbably, have become acquaintedw ith Winckelmann, who was then…

Adam, Robert, 1728-1792 · Adam, James, d. 1794 · Architecture · Decoration and ornament, Architectural · Furniture

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