The life and works of Sir Charles Barry
The Life and Works of Sir Charles Barry, published in 1867 by his son Alfred Barry, then principal of Cheltenham College, is the biography of the architect of the Houses of Parliament. Drawing on his father's professional journals and official papers, Alfred Barry follows him from his youth and training through travels in France, Italy, Greece and Egypt, his early practice, the club houses and other buildings in the Italian manner that made his name, and his Gothic works. Two chapters are given to the long and contentious building of the new Palace of Westminster, and the book closes with his public and private life. The full text is available to read online in your browser on Vinteuil, and the first chapter is free.
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