The Works in Architecture of Robert and James Adam Esquires (Volume 1)
published 1778-1786
Author, British, 1732 - 1794
Author, British, 1728 - 1792
Artist, Irish (?), active 1761/1797
Artist, British, 1711 - 1774
Artist, British, 1750 - 1784
Artist, British, 18th century
Artist, British, 18th century
Artist, British, 1751 - 1785
Artist, Italian, 1726 - 1803
Artist, Italian, 1738 - c. 1792
Artist, British, 1748 - c. 1804
Artist, British, c. 1730 - c. 1775
Artist, British, c. 1725 - 1799
Artist, British, active 1759/1778
Artist, Italian, c. 1746 - after 1804
Artist, Italian, 18th century
Artwork overview
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Medium
5 parts in 1 vol: ill: engraved frontispiece plus 40 engravings (8 in each of 5 parts; 2 double-page, rest full-page, versos blank), 7 by Benedetto Pastorini, 5 by Tobias Miller, 5 by Domenico Cunego, 4 by Thomas Vivares, 4 by Patrick Begbie, 3 byCharles White, 3 by Robert Blyth, 2 by Giuseppe Carlo Zucchi, 2 by James Roberts, 1 each by Edward Rooker, Peter Mazell, Thomas White, Alexander Finnie, Giovanni Vitalba, James Newton, after designs by Robert and James Adam
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Credit Line
Mark J. Millard Architectural Collection, David K.E. Bruce Fund
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Dimensions
page size: 66.5 x 47.5 cm (26 3/16 x 18 11/16 in.)
overall size (volume closed): 67.7 x 50 x 3.7 cm (26 5/8 x 19 11/16 x 1 7/16 in.) -
Accession
1985.61.141
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Mark J. Millard, New York; purchased by NGA, 1985.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1998
Middleton et al. 1998, no. 2.