SMIRKE, SIR ROBERT

1781–1867, English architect, one of the most noted exponents of the classic revival. His best-known design is the main facade of the British Museum (1823–47). Other buildings in London are the General Post Office and the Royal College of Physicians. Smirke's influence resulted in a more accurate interpretation of Greek forms in the English work of the time. Upon his retirement (1847), his brother, Sydney Smirke, 1798–1877, took up the work at the British Museum, where he erected the western side of the quadrangle and the new reading room (1854–57). In 1857 he rebuilt the Carlton Club, London, on a design adopted from the Library of St. Mark's at Venice; he also built the exhibition galleries for the Royal Academy at Burlington House (1866).

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books on: Smirke Sir Robert  - 74 results

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The Autobiography and Memoirs of Benjamin Robert Haydon (1786-1846) - Vol. 1
Book by Tom Taylor, Benjamin Robert Haydon; Harcourt Brace & Company, 1926
Subjects: Haydon, Benjamin Robert--1786-1846
...studies in the Vatican, he gave me a letter to Smirke, Sir Robert Smirkes father. Smirke received me most tenderly -- he felt interested...moments did Northcote inflict upon me, which Smirke used to laugh at so excessively that my mind...
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Verney Papers: Notes of Proceedings in the Long Parliament, Temp. Charles I. Printed from the Original Pencil Memoranda Taken in the House of Sir Ralph Verney, Knight, Member for the Borough of Aylesbury, and Now in the Possession of Sir Harry Verney, Bart
Book by Ralph Knight Verney, John Bruce; Printed for the Camden Society, by J.B. Nichols and Son, 1845
...Hammersmith. c. Right Hon. Sir Lancelot Shadwell...Shears, Esq. jun. Robert Shelley, Esq. Samuel...Archdeacon of Derby. Rev. Robert St. John Shirreff...Savanna, Georgia. Edward Smirke, Esq. M.A. Sir Robert Smirke, R.A., F...
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The Age of Adam
Book by James Lees-Milne; B. T. Batsford, 1947
Subjects: Adam, James--D. 1794, Adam, Robert--1728-1792, Architecture--Great Britain, Decoration And Ornament, Architectural
...16 Rowand Anderson, Sir R., 144 Rowley, Hon...Sledmere, Yorks, 176 Smirke, Robert, 27 , 153 , 154 Smith...156 , 175 Smithson, Sir Hugh, see Duke of Northumberland...H., 153 Taylor, Sir Robert, 9 , 27 , 116 , 155...
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A New Dictionary of British History
Book by S. H. Steinberg, P. M. Barnes, I. H. Evans, B. W. Fagan, R. B. Grassby, M. L. Henry, Patrick Kingsley, C. F. Slade, Robert Somerville, R. F. Walker, Glanmor Williams; St. Martins Press, 1963
Subjects: Great Britain--History--Dictionaries
...manuscripts and museum collection of Sir Hans Sloane bequeathed to the nation...to be permanently housed with the Sir Robert Cotton 1571-1631 manuscripts acquired...present building was designed by Sir Robert Smirke in 1823. The B.M. contains the...
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Who's Who in Scottish History
Book by Gordon Donaldson, Robert S. Morpeth; Welsh Academic, 1996
Subjects: Scotland--Biography
...was born in Edinburgh, the son of Robert Bum, a successful builder and architect...School. He entered the office of Sir Robert Smirke, a London architect, but returned...Custom House in Greenock. A friend of Sir Walter Scott, he designed the tombstone...
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journal articles on: Smirke Sir Robert  - 6 results

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The Church of England in Central London: the Church of St. Mary Bryanston Square London
Journal article by David L. Holmes; Anglican and Episcopal History, Vol. 69, 2000
Subjects: Anglican churches, Church of St Mary-Bryanston Square London, Religious history, Smirke, Robert (1752-1845)
...church, none of this approach to the fine points of liturgy was surprising. Constructed in 1824 and designed by Sir Robert Smirke, the architect of the British Museum, St. Marys Bryanston Square was once a flourishing preaching house of the...
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Recent Studies in the English Renaissance
Journal article by Achsah Guibbory; Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900, Vol. 45, 2005
Subjects: English history--Works, English literature--Criticism and interpretation, Renaissance--Criticism and interpretation, Renaissance--Works
...interesting discussion of Sir Thomas Wyatt the elder...annulled so she could marry Robert Carr). These are all...Painting of the Ancients), Sir Anthony van Dyke, John...spaces of the Tudor court. Robert Thomas Fallons The Christian...The Selected Writings of Sir Edward Coke in three volumes...
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Lady State's First Two Sittings: Marvell's Satiric Canon
Journal article by Annabel Patterson; Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900, Vol. 40, 2000
Subjects: English poetry--Authorship, Marvell, Andrew--Works, Satire--Authorship
...editions of 1667, they were attributed to Sir John Denham, who, for several good reasons...and published in the State Poems... as Sir John Denhams, are both of them compositions...This hath been unjustly attributed to Sir John Denham, and are given as such, in...
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The Illustrated Shakespeare, 1709-1875
Journal article by Morton D. Paley; Wordsworth Circle, Vol. 41, 2010
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, The Illustrated Shakespeare, 1709-1875 (Collection)--Book reviews
...after his own designs for Sir Thomas Hanmers luxury edition...second (or lower) rank: Robert Smirke, Richard Westall, and...from Cymbeline by Lt. Robert Cowan. More appropriate...Selous, the latter by Sir John Gilbert. Gilbert...
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Inventing Assyria: Exoticism and Reception in Nineteenth-century England and France
Journal article by Frederick N. Bohrer; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 80, 1998
Subjects: Ancient civilizations, Art history, Assyria, England, France, Historic artifacts, Perceptions
...AssyrianBabylonian remains....-Sidney Smirke, 18471 Among the interesting...sea."62 The testimony of Sir Richard Westmacott, Sr...embodied, most of all, by Sir Richard Payne Knight.67 Despite...ultimate acceptance, Benjamin Robert Haydon, the indefatigable promoter...
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magazine articles on: Smirke Sir Robert  - 5 results

 
 
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More Smirk Than Smirke: Colin Wilson's New British Library
Magazine article by Francis Morrone; New Criterion, Vol. 16, April 1998
Subjects: Library architecture--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Library buildings--Criticism, interpretation, etc., United Kingdom--Libraries
...the equal in quality to Robert Smirkes British Museum...and one-time partner, Sir Leslie Martin, proposed...was designed by Sidney Smirke, the brother of the museums...together with the librarian Sir Anthony Panizzi, and...across Hampstead Heath to Robert Adams great Kenwood House...
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The British Museum: 250 Years On
Magazine article by David M. Wilson; History Today, Vol. 52, October 2002
Subjects: British Museum--History, Museums
...history of the Museum. The death of Sir Hans Sloane, at the age of ninety...three major libraries--that of Sir Robert Cotton, left to the nation in 1700...demanded more space and in 1814 Sir Robert Smirke was first employed as architect by...
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World Encyclopaedia: Richard Cork Discovers an Enlightening Array of Exhibitions at the British Museum
Magazine article by Richard Cork; New Statesman, Vol. 132, January 19, 2004
Subjects: British Museum--Exhibitions, British Museum--Services, Exhibitions--Analysis, Museums--Services
...difficult to administrate. Even Sir John Pope-Hennessy, an instinctive...double-height room, designed by Sir Robert Smirke in the 1820s, has been superbly...anything else we care to imagine. Sir Hans Sloane, whose tireless acquisitions...
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Room with a View: Charlotte Crow Glimpses the British Museum's New Exhibition of Its Own Original Collections in the Great King's Library
Magazine article by Charlotte Crow; History Today, Vol. 53, December 2003
Subjects: British Museum--Collections and collecting, British Museum--Exhibitions, Historical museums, Libraries
...three-year, 8 million pounds sterling restoration programme. The Grade 1 listed room, designed and built by Sir Robert Smirke in 1823-27, is one of the finest surviving examples of neo-classical architecture in London. At 300ft long...
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The British Museum at 250
Magazine article by Scarlet Cheng; World and I, Vol. 18, December 2003
Subjects: British Museum--History
...the museum. Architect Sir Norman Foster took on...prompted by the death of Sir Hans Sloane, a physician...originated in a bequest of Sir Hans Sloane, by whom...designed by two brothers, Robert and Sydney Smirke, in a Neo-Classical...


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newspaper articles on: Smirke Sir Robert  - 10 results

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BATTLE FOR BLOOMSBURY; after Conservationists Blocked Its [Pounds Sterling
Newspaper article; December 16, 2009
Subjects: British Museum, Environmental activists, Environmentalists, Museums
...between 1840s buildings by the original architect Sir Robert Smirke and Sir John Burnets imposing King Edward Building...stone elevation by the museums original architect Sir Robert Smirke. They dont: classical set pieces can absorb small...
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Delusions of Grandeur; Splendid Isolation: Luton Hoo Hotel, Golf and Spa Offers Traditional Style, an Excellent Restaurant and Peace and Quiet for Its Guests - Shame about Some of Its Over-Eager Staff Suite Dreams: A Room at Luton Hoo Can Cost Up to [Pounds Sterling
Newspaper article; October 10, 2007
...from the West Enddesigned in part by Robert Adam for the Third Earl of Bute in...in partby British Museum designer Sir Robert Smirke in 1843has been eagerly anticipated...the Wernher restaurant named after Sir Julius Wernher, the Austriandiamond...
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Wellington Still Stands
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), March 3, 2010
...decided to honour him in Dublin by building the monument in the Phoenix Park. It was designed by a leading architect, Sir Robert Smirke, who lived in London. It stands 62m tall and, as previously stated, was meant to be even higher - but the money...
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Rooms with a View That Are Reaching for the Stars
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), May 12, 1996
...countryside - just as it was more than 150 years ago when Turner painted it. It was designed in 1812 by architect Sir Robert Smirke - who went on to design the British Museum - and built by local landowner Mad Jack Fuller. The original stargazing...
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Barcelona-Based Singer-Actor Rozanno Martin Decries Unfair Treatment by 'The Buzz'
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, August 12, 2007
...wealth and standing of the club was such that it was able to occupy new premises on Pall Mall designed for the Club by Sir Robert Smirke. Membership of the Club was both a token of adherence in the party and, to the outside world, a badge of allegiance...
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encyclopedia articles on: Smirke Sir Robert  - 2 results

 
 
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Smirke, Sir Robert
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SMIRKE, SIR ROBERT 1781 1867, English architect, one of the most noted exponents of the...work of the time. Upon his retirement (1847), his brother, Sydney Smirke, 1798 1877, took up the work at the British Museum, where he erected...
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English Art and Architecture
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Renaissance architecture, Sir Christopher Wren, drawing...George Morland, John Robert Cozens, and Thomas Girtin...of neoclassicism were Robert Adam, Sir William Chambers...exploited several styles were Robert Smirke and Sir Charles Barry...


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