Robert Morris (writer)
Robert Morris (1703 – 1754), born in Twickenham,[1] was one of the most influential 18th-century English writers on architecture. His patternbook plates have been identified as the principal design sources for several prominent houses of colonial America, including Brandon (begun 1765) in Prince George County, Virginia, and Battersea (begun 1768) in Petersburg, Virginia.[2]
Selected works
Essays
- An Essay in Defence of Ancient Architecture (1728)
- Lectures on Architecture (1734-6)
- An Essay on Harmony. As it Relates Chiefly to Situation and Building (1739)
- The Art of Architecture, a Poem. In Imitation of Horace's ‘Art of Poetry (1742)
Pattern books
- Rural Architecture (1750), retitled Select Architecture in later editions
- The Architectural Remembrancer (1751), retitled Architecture Improved in later editions
References
- ^ Beasley, Gerald, "Morris, Robert", on the website of the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Subscription or UK public library membership required), http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/19317
- ^ The Center for Palladian Studies in America, Inc., "Palladio and Patternbooks in Colonial America."
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