The Parthenon, adapted to the purpose of a national monument, to commemorate the victories of the late war; proposed to be erected in Trafalgar Square, or Hyde Park. / By Andrew Robertson, A.M.
iv, 42, [2] p., [2] leaves of plates (1 fold.): illus., plan; 204 mm.
General Note
This pamphlet describes and promotes the author's proposal for a 'National Monument, due to the gallantry of the Navy and Army, and to the honour of the Country' which was the subject of a proposal by Parliament in 1816 but never carried out. It includes a plan (for a site in Trafalgar Sqaure) and a south-west elevation (plate used as frontispiece). He dedicated the work to Lord Elgin. At the end of the pamphlet the author suggests that if anyone wishes to see the model of the proposed work (with numerous statues on the model executed in miniature in bronze) they should write to him at his address in Berners Street. The printer of the pamphlet was J. Moyes, Castle Street, Leicester Square.
Provenance
The pamphlet was bound into the volume with its paper covers and on the verso of the front cover is an inscription in ink, 'To / Sir Richard Westmacott R.A. / & & & / from the Author.
Also bound with the pamphlet, between the front cover and the frontispiece, is a letter from the author at his address (19 Berners St.) dated 18th June 1838, to Sir Richard Westmacott, commending his project to Sir Richard's notice.
Part of a set of pamphlets from the library of Richard Westmacott RA presented by Mrs Rodwell in 1937 (see RA Annual Report for 1937, p. 55).
Bound (20) in vol. III of a set of pamphlets from the library of Richard Westmacott RA.
Binding Note
In green quarter-bound leather; spine with two red leather labels, both lettered in gilt, the first as 'Miscellaneous' and the second as 'Vol. / III'.
Subject
War memorials Great Britain - Public buildings Great Britain - Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 Monuments Great Britain