Image: Lansdowne House Image from page 229 of "Robert Adam & his brothers - their lives, work & influence on English architecture, decoration and furniture" (1915)

Description: Lansdowne House Identifier: robertadamhisbr00swar Title: Robert Adam & his brothers : their lives, work & influence on English architecture, decoration and furniture Year: 1915 (1910s) Authors: Swarbrick, John, b. 1879 Subjects: Adam, Robert, 1728-1792 Adam, James, d. 1794 Architecture Publisher: London : B.T. Batsford Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: Fig. 132. -DiNING-ROOM, BOWOOD. i86 Til]-. LIVES AND WORK OF ROBERT AND JAMES ADAM beiii.L; the w^rk of Sir Charles Eastlake, and the others that ofStanfield : iiut there can be no doubt that pictures were originallyintended to be introduced in the wall-panels. When the present Lansdowne House was purchased fromthe Earl of Bute in the year 1765, some information regardingthe house fountl its wav into the columns of the press, and in Text Appearing After Image: Fig. 133.—Lansuowne House. the London Chronicle of ()clober 1765 it was stated that theconsideration ])aid was / 22,000, an amount which was believedto be ^_^,ooo less than the cost price. Yet the house was un-finished at the time when this transfer was effected. Theillustrations of Lansdowne House occur in the second volume ofthe Works, and upon the jjlan, elevation, and e.Ktcrnal detail, pub-lished in this \cilunie, the inscription: R- Adam, Architect, 1765, x^ Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
Title: Lansdowne House Image from page 229 of "Robert Adam & his brothers - their lives, work & influence on English architecture, decoration and furniture" (1915)
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