Grey, Thomas Philip de, 2nd Earl de Grey (1781-1859)
NOTES: This print must be a later issue of a print of 1827-1828 (copies in the British Museum and National Portrait Gallery), as the sitter only became 2nd Earl de Grey in 1833 and president of the Institute of British Architects at its founding in 1834.
NOTES: Sir Henry Wotton was a distinguished diplomat and writer on architecture. He was the author of the famous remark that an ambassador was an honest man sent to lie abroad for the good of his country. Wotton took advantage of his postings to develop his passionate interest in architecture. He was the first person to bring drawings by Palladio to England (in 1612). In 1624, Wotton wrote The Elements of Architecture, a brief but highly influential work that has been described as 'the first significant British contribution to architectural theory'. The text is erudite and pithy and includes the oft-quoted Vitruvian definition of the qualities of good architecture as being 'firmness, commodity and delight'.
Thatcher of Kesteven, Margaret, Baroness (1925-2013)
NOTES: Hellman created his 'Archi-tetes' caricaturing famous architects or personalitites in the style of their buildings for the Architectural Review, although not all of the caricatures in this archive appear to have been published. This Archi-tete appeared in the book Archi-tetes: the id in the grid, by Louis Hellman (2000), p. 127. [For full colour drawing see RIBA126081]
NOTES: Hellman created his 'Archi-tetes' caricaturing famous architects or personalitites in the style of their buildings for the Architectural Review, although not all of the caricatures in this archive appear to have been published. This Archi-tete appeared in the book Archi-tetes: the id in the grid, by Louis Hellman (2000), p. 125.
NOTES: Hellman created his 'Archi-tetes' caricaturing famous architects or personalitites in the style of their buildings for the Architectural Review, although not all of the caricatures in this archive appear to have been published. This Archi-tete appeared in the book Archi-tetes: the id in the grid, by Louis Hellman (2000), p. 121.
Grey, Thomas Philip de, 2nd Earl de Grey (1781-1859)
NOTES: Born Thomas Robinson, Thomas Philip de Grey, 2nd Earl de Grey, was the first president of the RIBA from its foundation in 1834 until 1859. This painting is a copy of a painting by William Robinson of the Earl, dated c. 1830. See RIBA68993 for an image of the engraved version of this portrait. .
NOTES: This may be a site meeting of the Jerusalem Committee to look at the proposals for rebuilding the Hurva Synagogue, which had been destroyed in 1948.
Thatcher of Kesteven, Margaret, Baroness (1925-2013)
NOTES: Hellman created his 'Archi-tetes' caricaturing famous architects or personalitites in the style of their buildings for the Architectural Review, although not all of the caricatures in this archive appear to have been published. This Archi-tete appeared in the book Archi-tetes: the id in the grid, by Louis Hellman (2000), p. 127