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Inigo JonesThe Lives of British Architects from William of Wykeham to Sir William Chambers (1909)

Inigo Jones, along with Sir Christopher Wren, is surely one of the most famous of architects in England. “Inigo Jones was born on July 15, 1573, in the Parish of St. Bartholemew’s Smithfield, and was [...]

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Title PageThe Lives of British Architects from William of Wykeham to Sir William Chambers (1909)

This title page is interesting in that the pieces of metal used to create spacing between the letters have in some places dropped down and carried ink, in the name of the publisher.

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Bust of William of Wykeham. 1394.The Lives of British Architects from William of Wykeham to Sir William Chambers (1909)

On a corbel in Muniment Room, Winchester College. The photograph shows a stone bust of William of Wykeham, wearing a bishop’s mitre and carrying a bishop’s crook. “Although William of Wykeham can in a [...]

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Places shown: Winchester; Hampshire; England

Added: 2007-05-28

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