Robert Adam & his brothers; their lives, work & influence on English architecture, decoration and furniture (1915)
Swarbrick, John, b. 1879 · London, B.T. Batsford, ltd., New York, C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 177
Great Britain, by Dr Adolf Michaelis, that, in the year 176^,James Adam purchased on behalf of King George III. the largecollection of drawings and prints which then belonged to CardinalAlessandro Albani, to whom the sum of fourteen thousand scudi,or about three thousand guineas, was paid. This… … Fig. ioo.—The Title-Page of Piranesis Campus Martius, with Dedication to Robert Adam. 140 THE CONTINENTAL TOUR OF TAMES ADAM 141 or lost. While engaged upon the negotiations at the time of thepurchase, James Adam may, not improbably, have become acquaintedwith Winckelmann, who was then librarian to…
Adam, Robert, 1728-1792 · Adam, James, d. 1794 · Architecture · Decoration and ornament, Architectural · Furniture
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