Robert Adam & his brothers; their lives, work & influence on English architecture, decoration and furniture (1916)
Swarbrick, John, b. 1879 · London : B. T. Batsford · leaf 38
e Society. Some gentlemen, we read, whohad travelled in Italy, desirous of encouraging at home a taste forthose objects which had contributed so much to their entertainmentabroad, formed themselves into a Society under the name of theDilettanti, and agreed upon such resolutions as they thought… … BOB L R T ADAM I Fig. 18. POKTKAIT OH ROBERT ADAMAi the Royal Institute of British Architects. INTRODrCTORV NoTK 17 investigations were subsequently published in ihne volumes, entitledThe Antiquities of Athens. The first of these volumes appearedin the year 1762, and did much to weaken the…
Adam, Robert, 1728-1792 · Adam, James, d. 1794 · Architecture · Decoration and ornament, Architectural · Furniture
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