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4 de dic. de 2020 · The current design is not the first at the Museum to have involved a glass roof. Just two years after the completion of Robert Smirke's grand Greek Revival building in the early 1850s, Charles Barry, joint architect of the Palace of Westminster, proposed roofing over the courtyard with sheets of glass supported on 50 iron pillars.
Sir Robert Smirke by William Daniell, after George Dance (1809) Robert Smirke (1780-1867) was appointed architect of the new King's College in 1829. He was knighted in 1832. He already had a considerable reputation as resident architect of the Office of Works and famously was responsible for the General Post Office and British Museum.
30 de oct. de 2022 · Figura \(\PageIndex{9}\): Robert Smirke, La biblioteca del rey, El Museo Británico, 1823-7 (Londres) El encargo para el nuevo edificio se le dio a Robert Smirke, un arquitecto neoclásico bien establecido. El edificio tardó alrededor de treinta años en completarse, su elevación reflejando la extensión del propio Imperio Británico.
Robert Smirke - Powder Tower, One of the Original City Gates into the City of Prague - B1977.14.731 - Yale Center for British Art.jpg 1,171 × 1,920; 256 KB Robert Smirke - Prague and the Charles Bridge Over the Moldau River - B1977.14.723 - Yale Center for British Art.jpg 1,920 × 1,261; 152 KB
Sir Robert Smirke RA (1 October 1780 – 18 April 1867) was an English architect, one of the leaders of Greek Revival architecture, though he also used other architectural styles. As architect to the Board of Works, he designed several major public buildings, including the main block and façade of the British Museum. He was a pioneer of the use of concrete foundations.
Robert Smirke, II, Sir Robert Smirke Date of birth 1780 Date of death 1867. Artworks See all 2 artworks ...
Robert Smirke. English, 1752 - 1845. Follow. Robert Smirke RA was an English painter and illustrator, specialising in small paintings showing subjects taken from literature. He was a member of the Royal Academy. Smirke was born at Wigton near Carlisle, the son of a travelling artist. When he was twelve he was apprenticed to a heraldic painter ...
