The Works in Architecture of Robert and James Adam, Esquires. Volume II. Containing the Five Following Numbers, viz... and vol. III, Containing the Remainder of the Designs...

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This artwork was created [1822].

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Yes, The Works in Architecture of Robert and James Adam, Esquires. Volume II. Containing the Five Following Numbers, viz... and vol. III, Containing the Remainder of the Designs... is in the public domain and available for free download under CC0 license.

[1822]

The Works in Architecture of Robert and James Adam, Esquires. Volume II. Containing the Five Following Numbers, viz... and vol. III, Containing the Remainder of the Designs... by Robert Adam|James Adam|Priestly and Weale|Domenico Cunego|Peter Mazell|Thomas Morris|Benedetto Pastorini|Giovanni Battista Piranesi|Thomas Vivares|Alexander Finnie|Edward Malpas|John Roberts|Roe|Joseph Record|Charles White|Thomas White|Giuseppe Carlo Zucchi|James Caldwall|Robert Blyth|Patrick Begbie

Medium

Illustrations: etching and engraving

Dimensions

26 7/16 x 19 3/4 x 1 3/4 in. (67.21 x 50.19 x 4.5 cm)

Classification

Books|Ornament & Architecture

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Rogers Fund, transferred from the Library

Accession Number

1991.1073.11(2)

Tags

ArchitectureInteriors

Art Historical Context

Step into the elegant world of 18th-century neoclassicism with *The Works in Architecture of Robert James Adam, Esquires Volumes II and III (1822). Scottish brothers Robert and James Adam were pioneering architects whose "Adam style" revolutionized British design, blending ancient Roman grandeur with delicate ornamentation. This lavish book compiles their architectural designs—likely grand interiors and ornate facades—originally published in installments decades earlier, preserving their visionary legacy for posterity. Crafted as a bound volume of illustrations in etching and engraving, these...

The Works in Architecture of Robert and James Adam, Esquires. Volume II. Containing the Five Following Numbers, viz... and vol. III, Containing the Remainder of the Designs...

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