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Category : Bedfordshire (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 416

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Category : Bedfordshire (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 540

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Author: Monthly literary register
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Languages : en
Pages : 730

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Category : Bedfordshire (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 652

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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 728

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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 662

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Author: Nikolaus Pevsner
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300095814
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 488

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Originally published: London: Penguin, 1968.

Author: Philip Alexander Bruce
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Category : Virginia
Languages : en
Pages : 628

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Author: Alfred Cotgreave
Publisher: London : E. Stock
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 766

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Author: Amy Boyington
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1350358649
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 329

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An enduring myth of Georgian architecture is that it was purely the pursuit of male architects and their wealthy male patrons. History states that it was men who owned grand estates and houses, who commissioned famous architects, and who embarked upon elaborate architectural schemes. Hidden Patrons dismantles this myth - revealing instead that women were at the heart of the architectural patronage of the day, exerting far more influence and agency than has previously been recognised. Architectural drawing and design, discourse, and patronage were interests shared by many women in the eighteenth century. Far from being the preserve of elite men, architecture was a passion shared by both sexes, intellectually and practically, as long as they possessed sufficient wealth and autonomy. In an accessible, readable account, Hidden Patrons uncovers the role of women as important patrons and designers of architecture and interiors in eighteenth-century Britain and Ireland. Exploring country houses, Georgian townhouses, villas, estates, and gardens, it analyses female patronage from across the architectural spectrum, and examines the work of a range of pioneering women from grand duchesses to businesswomen to lowly courtesans. Re-examining well-known Georgian masterpieces alongside lesser-known architectural gems, Hidden Patrons unearths unseen archival material to provide a fascinating new view of the role of women in the architecture of the Georgian era.