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Picture of Sign language system for the deaf and dumb

Sign language system for the deaf and dumb

RIBA80305

Wren, Sir Christopher (1632-1723)

SOURCE: Christopher Wren. Parentalia (London, 1750), 'Heirloom copy', interleaved between pp. 194 and 195 NOTES: This page is one of several manuscript insertions in the Library's 'Heirloom copy' of the Parentalia.

Picture of Unidentified wall painting, possibly located in a garden on the right-hand side of the road leading from the Colosseum to Santo Stefano Rotondo, Rome

Unidentified wall painting, possibly located in a garden on the right-hand side of the road leading from the Colosseum to Santo Stefano Rotondo, Rome

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Picture of Wall painting found in a small temple in 1699, Vigna Naro (near Porta San Sebastiano), Rome

Wall painting found in a small temple in 1699, Vigna Naro (near Porta San Sebastiano), Rome

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Picture of Wall painting found at the villa of Monsignor Corsini, Casino dei Quattro Venti, Porta San Pancrazio, Rome

Wall painting found at the villa of Monsignor Corsini, Casino dei Quattro Venti, Porta San Pancrazio, Rome

RIBA82221

Picture of Designs for chimneypieces featuring sculpted caryatids and telamones: elevations of one with the caryatids from the Temple of Pandrosos, Athens, and one adapted from the attic storey of the Temple of Olympean Zeus, Agrigento

Designs for chimneypieces featuring sculpted caryatids and telamones: elevations of one with the caryatids from the Temple of Pandrosos, Athens, and one adapted from the attic storey of the Temple of Olympean Zeus, Agrigento

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Wightwick, George (1802-1872)

NOTES: This design is one of a number of drawings bound into five volumes entitled 'Architectural works of George Wightwick', made between 1832 and 1850. Wightwick instructed his articled pupils to make this detailed set of retrospective drawings to illustrate every building of importance he had designed. The drawings were intended to serve both as a record of Wightwick's completed buildings and as a method of conveying to his students the design process from initial working design to finished structure.

Picture of Composition of allegorical figures representing the arts and artists copied from, or a preliminary study for, an engraving

Composition of allegorical figures representing the arts and artists copied from, or a preliminary study for, an engraving

RIBA84049

Testa, Pietro (1611-1650)

NOTES: For the related engraving please see RIBA21180.

Picture of Plane and solid geometrical figures, with Vitruvian figure of a man within a square and circle in the centre

Plane and solid geometrical figures, with Vitruvian figure of a man within a square and circle in the centre

RIBA85653

Scamozzi, Vincenzo (1548-1616)

SOURCE: Vincenzo Scamozzi. L'Idea della architettura universale' (Venice, 1615), part 1, book 1, ch. XII, p. 40

Picture of Designs for the Red House, Bexleyheath, London, for William Morris: plan, elevations, section and details of the principal staircase window

Designs for the Red House, Bexleyheath, London, for William Morris: plan, elevations, section and details of the principal staircase window

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Webb, Philip Speakman (1831-1915)

Picture of Designs for the Red House, Bexleyheath, London, for William Morris: elevation of back staircase window

Designs for the Red House, Bexleyheath, London, for William Morris: elevation of back staircase window

RIBA92193

Webb, Philip Speakman (1831-1915)

Picture of Designs for the Red House, Bexleyheath, London, for William Morris: plan, elevations, section and detail of the drawing room fireplace

Designs for the Red House, Bexleyheath, London, for William Morris: plan, elevations, section and detail of the drawing room fireplace

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Webb, Philip Speakman (1831-1915)

Picture of Designs for the Red House, Bexleyheath, London, for William Morris: plans and elevations of fireplaces for the bedroom, dressing room and study with rough sketches of fireplace openings for other rooms

Designs for the Red House, Bexleyheath, London, for William Morris: plans and elevations of fireplaces for the bedroom, dressing room and study with rough sketches of fireplace openings for other rooms

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Webb, Philip Speakman (1831-1915)

Picture of Designs for the Red House, Bexleyheath, London, for William Morris: plan, elevations, sections and details of the principal oak staircase

Designs for the Red House, Bexleyheath, London, for William Morris: plan, elevations, sections and details of the principal oak staircase

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Webb, Philip Speakman (1831-1915)

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