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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… only in the dioceses, but in its relations with the king's and papal courts. The canon law was the medium of all these … vacant see of Norwich in 1344, he became in turn the king's negotiator, and the disputes arising out of his diocesan … by Manzuoli's Salutation ( c. 1570) from the Fitzwilliam Museum. In other respects the chapel still kept the general …
Survey of London
… a panoramic view of London from the top of St. Paul's Cathedral. This was projected by a Mr. Hornor and the … of the New General Post Office at St. Martin's covered 300 superficial feet of canvas. Mr. Hornor made 200 … are in the possession of The London Society and the London Museum. …
A History of the County of Stafford
… be located at Stoke, which was also to be the council's administrative headquarters. It was also decided that the … ones had been added; these were Architectural, Children's, Reconstruction, Welfare Services, and Smallholdings. 23 By … the City Art Gallery remained until 1956 (see below). The museum problem still awaited a solution. As early as 1919 …
Survey of London
… the site of part of Float Mead and the whole of Pedlar's Acre, Bishop's Acre and the Four Acres (see p.45). (i) Float Mead. In 1731 … treated with preservative and deposited in the London Museum. At the time she was thought to have been a Roman …
Survey of London Monograph
… had been done on purely utilitarian principles. The LCC's critics could then be left to complain at its parsimony. 1 … town planning, and always took an interest in the Council's activities from an artistic as well as a practical point of … worked on the Admiralty Arch and the Victoria and Albert Museum. In 1901 he was placed second in the Tite Prize, with …
Survey of London
… were not executed until March 1843, when, at Strickland's request, that for No. 5 was granted to his sister, … 62 Both were occupied by October 1845, No. 4 by Mrs. H. S. Waring, an elderly annuitant, and No. 5 by Bevis E. Green, … 181 The panels are now in the City of Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery. Kensington Palace would have been the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… numerous. Original documents relating to Northampton's history are preserved in the Public Record Office, the … Prominent among such people were Sir Henry Dryden, Samuel S. Sharp and Edmund Law. Edmund Law, who practiced as an … Henry Dryden was instrumental in establishing Northampton Museum, opened in 1866. A fine collection of local …
Survey of London
… first decade, and it is not difficult to envisage Defoe's 'World full of Bricklayers and Labourers'. A handful of … volumes of Vitruvius Britannicus published in Campbell's lifetime and Eaton Hall is featured in the second volume of … an engraving in the Gibbs Collection at the Ashmolean Museum shows the elevation and plan of 'Seven New intended …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… ill, and not able to sit in that chair. I hope, in a week's time, you may recover your spirits and strength, so that we … more cheerfully. I desire you would adjourn for a week's time, and settle all your Bills so, that, in the mean time, … to Sir Symonds D'Ewes MSS. now "preserved in the British Museum," which are said to contain "a Journal of his own …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… well. I would fain have turned the farm into his Highness's hands. His Highness declared, in the mean time, that he and … The substance of what he moves is, it broke his partner's heart. He may appeal to a power out of doors. Proceed upon … †. See vol. i. p. 341, note. The Diurnals in the British Museum, to which I have been much indebted, sufficiently …