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Creator:
Hopper, Thomas, 1776-1856
Title:
Designs for the Houses of Parliament : dedicated, by permission, to His Royal Highness, the Duke of Sussex / by Thomas Hopper.
Alternate Title(s):
Title on publisher's cover label: Hopper's designs for the Houses of Parliament
Published / Created:
London : Published for the author and sold by J. Weale ... Messrs. Roake and Varty ... Messrs. Boone's ... Mr. Hogg ... and Mr. John Williams ..., [1840?]
Physical Description:
[10] pages, [32] leaves of plates : illustrations, plans ; 60 x 88 cm
Holdings:
Unable to reach service. Holdings currently not available
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Date of publication from British Architectural Library. The paper watermarks are dated 1839.

The plates include 30 lithographs and two steel engravings.

British Architectural Library. Early printed books, 1478-1840, 1549

Subscribers list: pages [9]-[10].

BAC Folio C 2023 15: Bound in contemporary half calf and brown cloth, with publisher's title label on front cover.

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.
Subject Terms:
Westminster Palace (London, England) -- Pictorial works. | Westminster (London, England) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Pictorial works. | London (England) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Pictorial works.
Form/Genre:
Subscription lists. | Lithographs. | Steel engravings.
Contributors:
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.