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Book Review
Building Reputations: Architecture and the Artisan, 1750–1830
02/2021 | 1415 | 163
Pages: 186-187
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Reviewer:
Thom, Colin (Thom, Colin)
Subjects
styles:
Georgian
subjects:
Architecture / Architectural drawings / Artisans / Stonemasons / Carpenters / Buildings / Houses
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Building Reputations: Architecture and the Artisan, 1750–1830 By Conor Lucey. 264 pp. incl. 16 col. + 87 b. & w. ills. (Manchester University Press, Manchester, 2018), £80. ISBN 978–1–5261–1994–0. | :
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Attributed works:
6. Elevation and plan of a row of houses in Dublin, by Michael Stapleton. c.1790. Ink and watercolour on paper, 48.9 by 36.7 cm. (National Library of Ireland, Dublin).
Book Review
London Bridge and its Houses, c.1209–1761
07/2020 | 1408 | 162
Pages: 638
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Reviewer:
Harding, Vanessa (Harding, Vanessa)
Subjects
buildings:
London Bridge (London, Great Britain)
places:
London
subjects:
Architectural history / Bridges / Houses
subjects:
British architecture
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subjects:
London Bridge and its Houses, c.1209–1761 By Dorian Gerhold. 168 pp. incl. 125 col. + b. & w. ills. (London Topographical Society, London, 2019), £28. ISBN 978–0–902087–69–9. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
9. Reconstruction of London Bridge, c.1250, by Pete Urmston. 2019. (London Topographical Society).
Book Review
South-East Marylebone (Survey of London, 51 and 52). Edited by Philip Temple, Colin Thom and Andrew Saint
02/2019 | 1391 | 161
Pages: 171-172
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Reviewer:
Bradley, Simon (Bradley, Simon)
Subjects
artists:
Ashbee, Charles Robert / Adam, Robert, 1728-1792 / Adam, James, 1732-1794 / Adam, William, 1738-1822 / Chambers, William / Butterfield, William / Harris, Thomas
dates:
1800-1899 / 1900-1999 / 2000-2099 / 2000-2009 / 2010-2019
media:
Architecture / Drawings / Maps / Interiors
places:
Great Britain / London
subjects:
Urban history / Urban planning / Cities / Architects / Architectural historians / Houses / Surveys / Illustrations / British architecture / Georgian
Book Review
Cottages Ornés: The Charms of the Simple Life. By Roger White
01/2019 | 1390 | 161
Pages: 89-90
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Reviewer:
Yallop, Rosemary (Yallop, Rosemary)
Subjects
art literature:
Ruskin, John
artists:
Nash, John, 1752-1835 / Pugin, Augustus Welby Northmore
dates:
1700-1799 / 1800-1899
media:
Architecture / Gardens
places:
Great Britain
subjects:
Cottages Ornés / Houses / Picturesque, the / Architecture in literature / Literature / Cultural history / Design / Style / Pattern books / British architecture / Surveys
Article
The secrets of ‘Max Beerbohm’s house’ by Walter Sickert
09/2018 | 1386 | 160
Pages: 750-753
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Author:
Lyons, Stuart (Lyons, Stuart)
Subjects
art literature:
Beerbohm, Max / Beerbohm, Agnes / Nield, Hilda / Wilde, Oscar / Leverson, Ada / Lane, John
artists:
Sickert, Walter / Rothenstein, William / Beardsley, Aubrey
dates:
1890-1899 / 1900-1949
media:
Paintings
museums and institutions:
Redfern Gallery, London, Great Britain
places:
Great Britain / London
subjects:
British painting / Landscapes (visual works) / Provenance / Dating / Alterations / Gifts / Houses
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Max Beerbohm’s house, by Walter Sickert. Here dated 1895. Oil on board, 25.4 by 16.5 cm. (Private collection).
Attributed works:
2. The reverse of Fig.1, showing Sickert’s manuscript instruction and franked postage stamp, and a later vertical gloss, left.
Attributed works:
4. Fancy dress – Miss Beerbohm, by Walter Sickert. 1906. Canvas, 50.8 by 40.4 cm. (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool).
Western art unattributed:
3. Below Detail of a photograph of William Rothenstein and Max Beerbohm in Oxford. 1893. (From David Cecil, Max: A Biography, London 1964).
Book Review
The Buildings of England. Somerset: South and West, by J. Orbach and N.Pevsner
06/2016 | 1359 | 158
Pages: 463-464
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Reviewer:
Dunning, Robert (Dunning, Robert)
Subjects
art literature:
Pevsner, Nikolaus
places:
Somerset / England
subjects:
British architecture / Public buildings / Historic buildings / Buildings / Country houses / Houses / English
subjects:
Churches / Surveys
Publication Received
The Buildings of England. Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove. By Nicholas Antram and Nikolaus Pevsner.
05/2015 | 1346 | 157
Pages: 359
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Reviewer:
Shone, Richard (Shone, Richard; S., R.; Shone, Richard)
Subjects
art literature:
Pevsner, Nikolaus
places:
Sussex / England / Brighton / Hove
subjects:
British architecture / Architectural history / Houses / Country houses
Book Review
Kent: North East and East, J. Newman
09/2014 | 1338 | 156
Pages: 608-609
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Reviewer:
Franklin, Geraint (Franklin, Geraint)
Subjects
art literature:
Pevsner, Nikolaus
places:
Kent / England
subjects:
British architecture / Country houses / Houses / Churches / Archaeology / English
subjects:
Architectural history
Book Review
The Buildings of England. North­amptonshire, B. Bailey, N. Pevsner and B. Cherry
08/2014 | 1337 | 156
Pages: 538-539
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Reviewer:
Miller, James P. (Miller, James P.; Miller, James)
Subjects
art literature:
Pevsner, Nikolaus
places:
Northamptonshire / England
subjects:
British architecture / Architectural history / English / Buildings / Houses / Country houses
Article
The architect and the philhellene: newly discovered designs by John Nash for Frederick North’s London house
07/2014 | 1336 | 156
Pages: 445-451
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Author:
Bradney, Jane (Bradney, Jane)
Author:
Hetherington, Paul (Hetherington, Paul; Hetherington, P. B.; H., P.; Hetherington, P.)
Subjects
artists:
Nash, John, 1752-1835
dates:
1810-1819
museums and institutions:
British Library, London, Great Britain
patrons:
North, Frederick, Fifth Earl of Guilford, 1766-1827
places:
Carlton House Terrace, London, Great Britain / London
subjects:
Architectural drawings / British architecture / Collections, Public / Houses
subjects:
Commissions / Unexecuted designs
Illustrations
Attributed works:
33. Projected plan for southern end of 'The new street' opposite Carlton House, now Waterloo Place, by John Nash (British Library, London)
Attributed works:
34. Design for façade with two-storey temple front for Frederick North's house, by John Nash (British Library, London)
Attributed works:
35. Design for façade with single-storey temple front for Frederick North's house, by John Nash (British Library, London)
Attributed works:
36. Ground plan for Frederick North's house and conservatory, by John Nash (British Library, London)
Attributed works:
37. Plan of first floor of Frederick North's house and conservatory, by John Nash (British Library, London)
Attributed works:
38. Waterloo Place, looking towards Regent Street, from a drawing by Thomas H. Shepherd (From Metropolitan improvements; or London in the nineteenth century, London n.d.)
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