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A short history of renaissance architecture in England, 1500-1800 (1900)

Blomfield, Reginald Theodore, Sir, 1856-1942 · London, G. Bell and sons · leaf 214

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igned thedesign to Lord Burlington, ignoring Campbells explicit state-ment, the only contemporary evidence in existence. We aretherefore justified in concluding that Lord Burlington hadnothing to do with the design of Burlington House beyondpaying the bill, a remark which will be found to apply to… … I I CHAP. IX] LORD BURLINGTON 175 not, therefore, an original design in any case; certain modifica-tions had to be made, involving technical knowledge; and, asCampbell designed the villa at Mereworth before 1723, it ispossible that he made the drawings for the Chiswick villa, ormore probably Kent,…

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