Calligraphy

NOTES: Pages from the notes of proceedings at meetings of the Society of British Architects and at meetings of the founding members of the Institute of British Architects, Feb 1834-Jan 1835, with drafts of the original prospectus, address and regulations, and notes on the early history of the Institute by the honorary secretaries, 1834-1848.

NOTES: Pages from the notes of proceedings at meetings of the Society of British Architects and at meetings of the founding members of the Institute of British Architects, Feb 1834-Jan 1835, with drafts of the original prospectus, address and regulations, and notes on the early history of the Institute by the honorary secretaries, 1834-1848.

NOTES: Pages from the notes of proceedings at meetings of the Society of British Architects and at meetings of the founding members of the Institute of British Architects, Feb 1834-Jan 1835, with drafts of the original prospectus, address and regulations, and notes on the early history of the Institute by the honorary secretaries, 1834-1848.

SOURCE: G. B. Piranesi. Lettere di giustificazione (Rome, 1758), presentation plate NOTES: The plate has a print of a wreath made of a serpent and feathers, interwoven with a square frame of quill, dividers, pencil and paintbrush. Within this square frame Piranesi has written in ink, the following dedication, 'Per l'Illmo Signore il Sig. Abate Venuti Presidte. delle Antichita Romane.'

NOTES: This drawing is numbered VIII/1A verso in the Burlington-Devonshire Collection.

NOTES: This drawing is numbered VIII/1B verso in the Burlington-Devonshire Collection.

NOTES: This drawing is numbered VIII/6 in the Burlington-Devonshire Collection. It was produced by Palladio in preparation for the plate in Daniele Barbaro's 'Commentari' on Vitruvius's De Architettura, published in Venice 1556, plate CXXVI.

NOTES: This drawing is numbered VIII/8 verso in the Burlington-Devonshire Collection.

NOTES: This drawing is numbered XIII/20 recto in the Burlington-Devonshire Collection.

NOTES: This drawing is numbered XIII/20 verso in the Burlington-Devonshire Collection.

NOTES: This drawing is numbered XIV/12 LEFT verso in the Burlington-Devonshire Collection. The drawing of the Temple of Venus Genetrix can just be seen through the sheet (see RIBA125558)

NOTES: This drawing is numbered XIV/12 RIGHT verso in the Burlington-Devonshire Collection. The drawing of San Giorgio Maggiore can just be seen through the sheet (see RIBA125560)