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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 22

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fluence lasted in England, terra-cottabusts and figures seem to have been in demand for the outsideof buildings, the niches and hollow circles which are now empty CHAP, i] THE ITALIANS IN ENGLAND 5 having probably been designed to receive these decorations.There is a complete example of a bust… … TERRA-COTTA ROUNDEL, HAMPTON COURT. hat, which is set on the wall above the gateway of the clocktower at Hampton Court. This is dated 1525. Another famousexample of the use of terra-cotta for large figure work in Englandis the tomb of John Young, Master of the Rolls, in the RollsChapel. This was…

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