A forger's progress : the life of Francis Greenway /

A forger and convicted felon, Francis Greenway was transported to Sydney in 1814. Only a decade later, his dreams of a city superior in architectural beauty to London began to be realized as he designed Hyde Park Barracks, St James' Church, the Supreme Court, St Luke's Church in Liverpool,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McGregor, Alasdair, 1954- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Sydney, N.S.W. : NewSouth Publishing, 2014.
Temas:
Greenway, Francis Howard, > 1777-1837.
Greenway, Francis Howard, > 1777-1837
Architects > Australia > New South Wales > Biography.
Architecture, Colonial > Australia > New South Wales.
Building > Australia.
Architectes > Australie > Nouvelle-Galles du Sud > Biographies.
Architecture coloniale > Australie > Nouvelle-Galles du Sud.
Construction > Australie.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Artists, Architects, Photographers.
ARCHITECTURE > Adaptive Reuse & Renovation.
ARCHITECTURE > Buildings > Landmarks & Monuments.
ARCHITECTURE > Professional Practice.
ARCHITECTURE > Reference.
HISTORY > Australia & New Zealand.
Architects
Architecture, Colonial
Building
Australia
New South Wales
Biographies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Dedication; Title Page; Copyright; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION:A FORGER'S PROGRESS; 1 EARTHLY REWARD:800 ACRES AND 16 COWS; 2 FH GRINWAY COMES TO LONDON; 3 A 'RUINOUS ARCHITECTURAL TRIUMPH'; 4 A CURIOUS AND NOTEWORTHY CRIME; 5 BRISTOL NEWGATE: 'WHITE WITHOUT AND FOUL WITHIN ... '; 6 THE BLIGHTED VOYAGE OF THE GENERAL HEWETT; 7 A STATE OF 'INFANTILE IMBECILITY'; 8 TO COPY A COURTHOUSE; 9 FH GREENWAY, 84 GEORGE STREET; 10 THREE SHILLINGS A DAY AND A GOVERNMENT HORSE; 11 BRIGHT PROSPECT:THE MACQUARIE TOWER, 1816-20; 12 PAIN AND HUMILIATION: THE BARRACK SQUARE INCIDENT.
  • 13 A MANSION FOR THE VICEROY: GOVERNMENT HOUSE, 1816-2014 TRANSPORTATION: 'AN OBJECT OF CONSIDERABLE TERROR'; 15 A 'PALACE FOR HORSES': THE GOVERNMENT HOUSE STABLES, 1817-21; 16 FOLLIES, FOUNTAINS AND FUGACIOUS TOYS,1818-20; Picture section; 17 ' ... A NEAT HANDSOME FORT': COLONIAL DEFENCES, 1816-21; 18 ' ... AN IDEA OF GRANDEUR': THE HYDE PARK BARRACKS, 1816-19; 19 WALLS OF SPITE: ST MATTHEW'S AND ST LUKE'S, 1817-24; 20 FEEDING BODY AND SOUL: ST ANDREW'S AND THE MARKET HOUSE, 1819-22; 21 FRAGMENTS OF A PLAN: ST JAMES' AND THE SUPREME COURT, 1819-27.
  • 22 a 'vile conspiracy': the parramatta female factory, 1818-2123 ' ... for the sake of a numerous family'; 24 from george street to the 'cityof the world'; measurements and currency; buildings mentioned in the text; notes; bibliography; acknowledgments; index.

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