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Pediments
Chiswick House, London: the entrance front dominated by a portico with six evenly spaced Corinthian columns
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NOTES: Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington and 4th Earl of Cork, refronted the existing Chiswick House and designed and built the adjoining villa to display his art collection and entertain friends in 1727-1729. He was inspired on his grand tour by Palladio's Villa Rotunda.
Middle Temple Gate House, Fleet Street, City of London
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NOTES: This is number 100 in the photographic series issued by The Society for Photographing Relics of Old London.
Emmanuel Hospital, James Street, Westminster, London
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NOTES: These almshouses and school were demolished in 1892-1893 when the school moved to new premises in Wandsworth. This is number 113 in the photographic series issued by The Society for Photographing Relics of Old London.
Pantheon, Piazza della Rotonda, Rome: interior niche featuring a central podium flanked by Corinthian columns surmounted by a rounded pediment
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NOTES: Part of the Burlington Devonshire Collection, this drawing is by an unidentified 17th century Italian draughtsman.
Designs for second scheme for rebuilding Gopsall Hall, Gopsall, Leicestershire (Group IV): elevation and plan of the entrance portico
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NOTES: This drawing is attributed to John Westley and is one of several proposals for the remodelling of the existing house for Charles Jennens.
