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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 190

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th Fonthill, Wiltshire, andWitham House, Somersetshire, the seats of William Beckford, theLord Mayor of London. In the year 1762 he executed alterations at Witham House, and these were illustrated in the fifth volumeof the Vitruvius Britannicus, where he was described as thearchitect. It was, in… … Fig. 107.—Boodles Cluh, St Jamess Street. Eaton Hall, Chester, for Lord Grosvenor, and at Brodsworth for theArchbishop of York may have been carried out at about the sametime. As early as the year 1765, the practice of the brothers hadextended to Ireland, where work was then executed for them at…

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

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