Monumental Classic Architecture in Great Britain and IrelandDetailed text and illustrations examine the buildings of the great neoclassical period, 1730–1875. The roster of masterpieces pictured and described include The Customs House, Dublin; The Bank of England, Liverpool; Newgate Prison, London; The British Museum, London; The National Gallery, Edinburgh; The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge; and many more. 176 black-and-white illustrations. |
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antique archæological archi artistic Athens BANK OF ENGLAND brothers Adam built C. R. Cockerell career character Church Classic architecture classical building Club Cockerell's completed composition Court Customs House detail drawings Dublin Edinburgh eighteenth century ELEVATION English façade front Gallery George Dance George's Hall Glasgow Græco-Roman Greece Greek phase HARVEY LONSDALE ELMES important influence Institute of British interior Ionic order Ireland Italian Italy James Gandon James Pennethorne John Nash LIVERPOOL London mansions Monumental Classic Architecture monumental manner motif movement Museum Neo-Classic Neo-Grec Newgate ornament Pall Mall Palladian Park period PLAN Plate portico practice PROFESSOR C. R. COCKERELL Professor Cockerell pupil refinement Regent Street Richardson Roman Rome Royal Academy Royal Exchange Royal Institute Sir Albert Sir Charles Barry Sir Christopher Wren Sir John Soane Sir Robert Smirke Sir Robert Taylor Sir William Chambers Somerset House Square structure taste Town Hall Waterloo Bridge Wyatt