John Soane
Contributors: Margaret Richardson (Editor); MaryAnne Stevens (Editor)
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: February 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780300081954
Subjects: Individual architects; c 1700 to c 1800; c 1800 to c 1900; 19th Century Architecture; Architecture; History - General; Individual Architect; International Architecture - British; Architecture / Individual Architect; General; 1753-1837; England; Exhibitions; Interior space; Neoclassicism (Architecture); Sir,; Soane, John,
First sentence: The triumphant transformation of John Soan (sic), a country bricklayer's son born in 1753, into Sir John Soane, the senior figure in the architectural profession, knighted by King William IV in 1831, was an arduous journey, despite its great rewards.