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Author/Creator:Hopper, Thomas, 1776-1856, author.
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Title:Designs for the Houses of Parliament : dedicated, by permission, to His Royal Highness, the Duke of Sussex / by Thomas Hopper.
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Publication:London : Published for the author and sold by J. Weale ... Messrs. Roake and Varty ... Messrs. Boone's ... Mr. Hogg ... and Mr. John Williams ..., [1840?]
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Physical Description:[10] pages, [32] leaves of plates : illustrations, plans ; 60 x 88 cm
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Local Notes:BAC Folio C 2023 15: Bound in contemporary half calf and brown cloth, with publisher's title label on front cover.
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Notes:Date of publication from British Architectural Library. The paper watermarks are dated 1839.
The plates include 30 lithographs and two steel engravings.
Subscribers list: pages [9]-[10].
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Summary:Hopper's unsuccessful submission to the competition for the new Houses of Parliament, held in 1835. The introductory text includes criticism of the competition and its organizers.
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Variant and related titles:Title on publisher's cover label: Hopper's designs for the Houses of Parliament
- Format:Book
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References:British Architectural Library. Early printed books, 1478-1840, 1549
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Subjects:Westminster Palace (London, England)--Pictorial works.
Westminster (London, England)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Pictorial works.
London (England)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Pictorial works.
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Genre/Form:Subscription lists.
Lithographs.
Steel engravings.
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Also listed under:Burton, Charles, active 1823-1839, lithographer.
Bury, T. T. (Thomas Talbot), 1811-1877, engraver.
Dutton, Thomas Goldsworth, active 1855, lithographer.
Hawkins, George, 1819-1852, lithographer.
Lynch, James Henry, -1868, lithographer.
Turnbull, Thomas, steel engraver, engraver.
Great Britain--England--London.
Link to this page: https://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/3342625