The British architect; or, the builder's treasury of staircases...

Abraham Swan|Thomas Meighan|W. Meadows|Edward Rooker

1745 · Illustrations: etching and engraving · Drawings and Prints

Swan's British Architect was first published in 1745 and went through four English editions before 1775, when an American edition was published in Philadelphia. Its designs for homes for the professional and middle classes in England were well suited to the needs of the colonial elite.

Artist

Abraham Swan|Thomas Meighan|W. Meadows|Edward Rooker

Date

1745

Medium

Illustrations: etching and engraving

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Bequest of W. Gedney Beatty, 1941