The prospects of art in the future Parliament house: with notices on some of the recent buildings of the metropolis ...

Main entry:

Vivian, George.

Title & Author:

The prospects of art in the future Parliament house: with notices on some of the recent buildings of the metropolis ...

Publication:

London, Roake and Varty, 1835.

Description:

40 pages 22 cm

Notes:
Ascribed to George Vivian in The Houses of Parliament. New Haven, 1976, p. 26.
"Printed for private distribution."
A discussion of open architectural competitions, and an attack on Sir Robert Smirke.
Ascribed to George Vivian in The Houses of Parliament. New Haven, 1976, p. 26; also to W.H. Leeds.
With: Strictures on architectural monstrosities and suggestions for an improvement in the direction of public works by T. Juvara.
In Related Ephemera: article on the exhibition of the models for the tomb of Napoleon removed from the Examiner.

Subject:

Smirke, Robert, Sir, 1781-1867.
Great Britain. Parliament (The buildings)
Westminster Palace (London, England)
Architecture Competitions.
Architecture Concours.

Added entries:

Vivian, George, 1798-1873
Juvara, T.
Leeds, W. H. (William Henry), 1786-1866

Holdings:

Location: Library main 74966
Call No.: ID:92-B2366
Status: Available

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