Pitzhanger Manor, Ealing Green : (now the Ealing Public Library) the country retreat from 1800 to 1811 of Sir John Soane / an account with 12 ill. and 2 ports. written by Arthur T. Bolton.

  • Arthur Bolton
Date:
[between 1900 and 1999]
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Credit: Pitzhanger Manor, Ealing Green : (now the Ealing Public Library) the country retreat from 1800 to 1811 of Sir John Soane / an account with 12 ill. and 2 ports. written by Arthur T. Bolton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    From the original water colour in the Soane Museum. 12 that he had decided not to pursue his studies in architec- ture, but to devote himself to literature. This occurred be- tween August, 1810, and February, i8ii, and Soane, deeply mortified at the de- feat of his plans, complied with an urgent wish of his wife and disposed of the Manor House at Ealing, while ex- pressly recording that he had pur- chased it chiefly in the hope and pros- pect that his son would follow him in fact, writing in his
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