Identifier: robertadamhisbro1915swar (find matches)
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 Decoration and ornament, Architectural Furniture
Publisher: London, B.T. Batsford, ltd., New York, C. Scribner's Sons
Contributing Library: Wellesley College Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Library Consortium Member Libraries

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. 133.—Lansdowne House. the London Chronicle of October 1765 it was stated that theconsideration paid was ,£22,000, an amount which was believedto be .£3,000 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 plan, elevation, and external detail, pub-lished in this volume, the inscription: R- Adam, Architect, 1765,
Text Appearing After Image:
Fig. 134. THE BACK DRA^1 G-KOOM, LANSDOWNE HOUSE. / KEN WOOD, BOWOOD, AND LANSDOWNE HOUSE 187 appears.1 If this is the date when the designs were prepared,building operations must have proceeded with all possible expedi-tion, since it appearsthat in the followingyear, 1766, the housewas considered to besufficiently advancedto be fit for resi-dence. From theentry in the Diaryof Lady Shelburnefor the 14th January1766, it appears thather ladyship andthe Earl paid avisit of inspectionon that day to thenew house in Berke-ley Square. Whenthe house becameready for occupa-tion, Lady Shelburnewas agreeably im-pressed, as we mayjudge from the fol-lowing extract fromher Diary :— Saturday, Aug- „ ust 20th, 1766.—Ibad the pleasure ofcoming to Shelburne House

Note About Images