Identity area
Reference code
ABC/247
Title
The Architecture of Robert and James Adam 1758-1794, vol 1
Date(s)
- 1985 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
1 volume
Context area
Name of creator
(14 Apr 1864-17 Jan 1945)
Biographical history
Architect and architectural historian. Curator of the Sir John Soane's Museum (1917-1945).
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The first of two volumes giving a Detailed Overview of the Architectural Works of Robert and James Adam. It begins with an introduction of the brothers' Personal and Professional History, followed by Descriptive and Critical Texts for the plates that depict photographs, elevations and plans of their work. Buildings included: Kinross House; Drum House; Blair Adam; Tomb of William Adam Senior; David Hume's Tomb; Plan Studies and Ideas; Student Designs; Sketch by Piranesi; Roubillac's Statue of Garrick as Shakespeare; High Down, Hitchin; Admiralty Screen in Whitehall; Goodwood, Sussex; The Queen's Transparency; Great Saxham House, Suffolk; Moor Park, before the removal of the Adam Colonnades; High Wycombe, Design and Plan of Shambles and Butter Market; West Wycombe, within the West Portico; Lord Holland's House, Picadilly; Edinburgh Riding House; Kimbolton Castle; Luton Park, Beds.; Kedleston; Sketch for a Bridge; Compositions; Design for a Pavilion and Garden Buildings; Detail of a Tea Room at Moor Park; Green Park, Deputy Ranger's Lodge; Architectural Details, Kenwood; Theatre Royal, Drury Lane; Stable Block at Culzean, Ayrshire; Hagley, 'Athenian' Stuart's First Greek Doric Building; Sanderson Miller's Ruinous Castle at Culzean, Ayrshire; Lauder Castle; King's College Castle; Mrs. Montagu's House in Portman Square; 15 St. James's Square; 20 St. James's Square; House in Whitehall; Wormleybury, Herts.; Weald Hall, Essex; Stowe; Map of Herts.; Stratford Place; Soho Square, no. 32, the House of Sir Joseph Banks; Caldwell; Hatchlands Park, Surrey; Admiral Boscawen's House; Shardeloes, Buckinghamshire; Harewood House, Yorkshire; Croome Court, Worcestershire; Bowood, Wiltshire; Compton Verney, Warwickshire; Kedleston, Derbyshire; Syon House, Middlesex; Osterley Park, Middlesex; Kenwood, Hampstead, Middlesex.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Corners and Spine slightly scuffed