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 359
WORK OF ROBERT AND JAMES ADAM expense of the scheme, Playfair simplified the original design for thesouthern facade and substituted one quadrangle, measuring 242 ft.6 in. by 134 ft., in place of the two inner courts originally proposed;but he retained the treatment designed by Robert Adam for the… … Fig. 220.—The Old Quadrangle, Edinburgh University, looking West. Over the main entrance to the building the following inscription maybe read :— ACADEMIA JACOBI VI., SCOTORUM REGIS ANNO POST CHRISTUM NATUMMDLXXXIL, IXSTITUTA ; ANNOQUE MDCCLXXXIX., RENOVARI COEPTA ;REGNANTE GEORGIO III., PRINCIPE…
Adam, Robert, 1728-1792 · Adam, James, d. 1794 · Architecture · Decoration and ornament, Architectural · Furniture
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