A Memoir Of The Late Sir Robert Smirke, R.A., &c., Hon. Fellow. By Edward Smirke, Esq., M.A., Vice-Warden of the Stannaries, &c. Read at the Ordinary General Meeting of the Royal Institute of British Architects, June 17th, 1867. David Brandon, F.S.A., Vice-President, in the Chair.
Transactions of the Royal Institute of British Architects (1867)
Imprint
[London?:: Royal Institute of British Architects?,], (1867?)
Physical Description
p.197-207, [1], 2 p., frontis. (port.); 276 mm. (Quarto?)
Contents
[Frontis.] - [Text] - [Fold. pl.] - Revised List Of Buildings Desgned By The Late Sir Robert Smirke ... .
Responsibility Note
The frontispiece is unsigned.
References
J.M. Crook, The Career of Sir Robert Smirke R.A. [dissertation, Oxford University] (1961); J.M. Crook, The Greek Revival (rev. ed. 1995); W. Sandby, The History of the Royal Academy of Arts (1862), v.1. pp.391-3, v.2. p.268.
Summary Note
This article is an offprint from the Transactions of the Royal Institute of British Architects.
The frontispiece is a mounted photograph of a portrait bust of Sir Robert Smirke. (Sir) Edward Smirke was a younger brother of the deceased.
Binding Note
19th-century red morocco, upper and lower covers with gilt borders; spine lettered 'Smirke & Cockerell.' and 'R.A.' Bound with one other.
Architects - Architecture - Great Britain - History - 19th century
Biography - Memoirs - Great Britain - 19th century
Pictorial works - Photomechanical prints - Great Britain - 19th century
Contributors
Royal Institute of British Architects. Meeting (1867 June 17)