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Born c.1685 • England
Died April 12, 1748 • London • England
Notable Works Holkham Hall
Movement / Style English garden • Palladianism

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London: Chiswick House
Richard Boyle, 3rd earl of Burlington
English architect
Robert Adam, oil painting by an unknown artist; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Robert Adam
Scottish architect
Daniel Marot
French architect and designer
François-Joseph Bélanger
French architect, artist, landscape designer, and engineer
Sir John Vanbrugh
British dramatist and architect
Sir Osbert Lancaster, 1960
Sir Osbert Lancaster
English cartoonist and author
Westminster Abbey
Nicholas Hawksmoor
British architect
Northampton
Edward Godwin
British architect and writer
Henry Holland
British architect
The Church of St. John, Smith Square, Westminster, London; designed by Thomas Archer and built in 1713–28.
Thomas Archer
British architect
Inigo Jones
English architect and artist
Park at Petworth House, West Sussex, Eng., landscaped by Lancelot (“Capability”) Brown, c. 1751–57
Lancelot Brown
English landscape architect
Wood, John, the Elder: Queen Square
John Wood the Elder
English architect
John Wood the Younger
British architect
Ferdinando Galli Bibiena
Italian theatrical designer and architect
Pierre Fontaine
French architect
Alexander Girard
Alexander Girard
American architect and designer
Florence Knoll
Florence Knoll
American architect, designer, and businesswoman
Giulio Romano: Palazzo del Te
Giulio Romano
Italian artist and architect
Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Scottish architect and designer

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