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

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.

1 print : mezzotint ; platemark 28.5 x 18.4 cm

1 photograph glass plate negative; 8 x 11 cm

M0003634: James Gibbs (1682-1754)

1 photograph glass plate negative; 16.5 x 12 cm

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

Alex Moira.

xvi, 303 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), maps ; 24 cm

The busiest man in England : the life of Joseph Paxton, gardener, architect, & Victorian visionary / by Kate Colquhoun.

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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)

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

Alex Moira.

The busiest man in England : the life of Joseph Paxton, gardener, architect, & Victorian visionary / by Kate Colquhoun.

Architects

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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)

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

Alex Moira.

The busiest man in England : the life of Joseph Paxton, gardener, architect, & Victorian visionary / by Kate Colquhoun.

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