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Book Review
Enlightened Eclecticism: The Grand Design of the 1st Duke and Duchess of Northumberland
07/2022 | 1432 | 164
Pages: 218-219
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Reviewer:
Yarker, Jonathan (Yarker, Jonathan)
Subjects
buildings:
Syon House, Brentford, Great Britain / Northumberland House, London, Great Britain / Stanwick Hall, Stanwick, Great Britain / Alnwick Castle, nr. Alnwick, Great Britain
patrons:
Dukes of Northumberland
subjects:
Collectors / Collections, Private / Patronage / British architecture
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Enlightened Eclecticism: The Grand Design of the 1st Duke and Duchess of Northumberland By Adriano Aymonino. 400 pp. incl. 285 col. + b. & w. ills. (Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2021), £50. ISBN 978–1–913107–17–8. | :
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Attributed works:
1. Design for a family tree mural on the wall of the chapel at Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, by the office of Robert and James Adam. 1777. Pen and washes, 53.5 by 44.5 cm. (Sir John Soane’s Museum, London, Adam, XXXIX, no.19; © Ardon Bar Hama).