The Works in Architecture of the Late Robert and James Adam Esqs. Complete in Three Volumes Containing Plans, Elevations, Sections and Detail of the Proncipal Buildings, Public and Private Erected in Great Britain in the Reign of George the Third with Designs of every kind, both for interior and exterior decoration. One hundred and five plates. Engraved by Bartolozzi, Piranesi, Zucchi, Pastorini, Cunego, &c. &c.
published 1822
Artist, British, 1751 - 1785
Artist, British, 18th century
Artist, British, active 1750/1800
Artist, British, 1717 - 1810
Artist, British, c. 1735 - 1790
Artist, British, active 1768/1786
Artist, British, 1750 - 1784
Artist, Italian, 1726 - 1803
Artist, British, 1748 - c. 1804
Artist, British, active 1754/1764
Artist, Florentine, 1727 - 1815
Artist, British, 1711 - 1774
Artist, Italian, 1738 - c. 1792
Artist, British, 1747 - 1812
Artist, British, 1739 - in or after 1819
Artist, Italian, c. 1746 - after 1804
Artist, British, active 1759/1778
Artist, British, c. 1730 - c. 1775
Artist, Italian, 18th century
Artist, British, 18th century
Artist, British, active 1771/1790
Artist, British, 18th century
Artist, Irish (?), active 1761/1797
Artist, Venetian, 1720 - 1778
Author, British, 1732 - 1794
Author, British, 1728 - 1792
Artwork overview
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Medium
3 parts in 1 vol: ill: engraved frontispiece by Francesco Bartolozzi after Antonio Zucchi, plus 105 engravings (3 double-page, rest full-page, versos blank), 13 by Benedetto Pastorini, 11 by Thomas Vivares, 8 by Domenico Cunego, 7 by John Roberts, 6 byRobert Blyth, 6 by Giuseppe Carlo Zucchi, 6 by Patrick Begbie, 4 by G.B. Piranesi, 4 by Charles White, 3 by John Record, 3 by Tobias Miller, 3 by Alexander Finnie, 3 by Thomas White, 2 by Peter Mazell, 2 by James Caldwall, 2 by Francis Jukes, 1 eachby Norval, J. Roe, Thomas Morris, Harding, Francis Patton, James Newton, Giovanni Vitalba and Pastorini, Caldwall and Charles Grignion, Edward Rooker, and Malpas after designs by Robert and James Adam, 11 unsigned
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Credit Line
Mark J. Millard Architectural Collection, David K.E. Bruce Fund
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Dimensions
page size: 64 x 47.9 cm (25 3/16 x 18 7/8 in.)
overall size (volume closed): 66.2 x 51.5 x 5.4 cm (26 1/16 x 20 1/4 x 2 1/8 in.) -
Accession
1985.61.143
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Bookplate of Charles Edouard Mewes; Mark J. Millard, New York; purchased by NGA, 1985.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1998
Middleton et al. 1998, no. 2.