Person trained to plan and design buildings, and oversee their construction

concept

Mercier, an architect. Drawing, c. 1793, after J. Morin.

John Dryden, Samuel Garth, John Vanbrugh, and Richard Steele. Mezzotint by J. Simon after Sir G. Kneller.

Six portraits of eminent seventeenth century men. Engraving.

A mason (architect) with the tools of his trade. Mezzotint by J. Gole after G.M. Mitelli.

John Dryden, Samuel Garth, and Thomas Parnell. Engraving by A. Cardon after Sir G. Kneller, T. Uwins and P. Scheemakers (?).

Italian artists: Michelangelo in the centre, others around the perimeter. Lithograph by V. Mollame, 1842.

Artists and musicians active in the 17th century: twenty heads. Engraving by J.W. Cook, 1825.

M0002437: Portrait of Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832)  /  M0002438: Portrait of Giotto di Bondone (c.1267-1337)

M0003634: James Gibbs (1682-1754)

Miscellany: English, 18th-20th centuries

M0011982: Cropped portrait of Sir Christopher Wren (1632-1723), English architect, anatomist, astronomer, geometer and mathematician-physicist

Alex Moira.

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Architects

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A mason (architect) with the tools of his trade. Mezzotint by J. Gole after G.M. Mitelli.

M0003634: James Gibbs (1682-1754)

Miscellany: English, 18th-20th centuries

M0011982: Cropped portrait of Sir Christopher Wren (1632-1723), English architect, anatomist, astronomer, geometer and mathematician-physicist

Alex Moira.

Architects

Images from the collections

Images referencing Architects

Works from the collections

A mason (architect) with the tools of his trade. Mezzotint by J. Gole after G.M. Mitelli.

M0003634: James Gibbs (1682-1754)

Miscellany: English, 18th-20th centuries

M0011982: Cropped portrait of Sir Christopher Wren (1632-1723), English architect, anatomist, astronomer, geometer and mathematician-physicist

Alex Moira.

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