Proposals for publishing by subscription, in the course of the next spring, in one volume quarto, accompanied with seventeen plates, an account and explanation of the paintings and other ornaments and decorations, discovered in the month of September last one the walls of the present House of Commons : Including also, besides the history of these decorations and the building itself, a variety of original particulars as to the ancient state of the city of Westminster, and the place and other buildings there, and the principles and history of painting and gothic architecture. By John Sidney Hawkins, Esq.F.A.S. The plates engraven by Mr. John Thomas Smith, from drawings made by himself on the spot.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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[London] :
T. Bensley, printer, Bolt Court, Fleet Street, London,
[1800]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Item Description: | Because of a misunderstanding the work was never published as such; John Thomas Smith, the engraver, published his side of the work as 'Antiquities of Westminster' in 1807. Reproduction of original from Cambridge University Library. Electronic resource. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (7, 1 unnumbered pages) |
| Place of Publication: | Great Britain -- England -- London. |