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AND THEIR PRINCIPAL WORKS.

1151
AFTER CHRIST.
352. Edward Walters of Lordon.^Many large wareliouses in the Renaissance style at
Manchester; and numerous hcnses in the suburbs
;
Free Trade Ha I
;
Manchester
and Salford Rank; stations on the Midland Railway; church in Cavendish
Street; Fire Insurance Office, King Street; Warrington Public Hall, &c.
;
all
at Manchester. Died January 22, 1872, aged 63.
353. Sir William Tite of London.Restored, ^Tith David Liing, the church of St.
Dunstau's-in-the-East. Designed the Scotch Church, Regent Square; the Royal
hJxciiange; London and Westminster Rank, Lothbury, with C. R. Cockerell,
R.A.
;
several railway stations ; all in London. The termini and most of the
stations on the Caledonian and Scottish Central Railways; and on the line from
Havre to Paris Memorial Church, Gerrard's Cro^s. Largely employed in the
valuitioa, purchase, and sale of the land required for the extensive railway and
improvenipnt works of his time. Died April 20, 1873, aged 75.
354. Owen Jones of London. Designed St. James's Hall and its decoration
;
the decora-
tion of the Hall of the Fi.shmongers' Company; that of Fonthill House, near
Salisbury, for Mr. Alfred Morrison, and of his residence in Carlt n House
Terrace; of Preston Hall, for Mr. Henry Brassey; of the Exhibition of Industry
of All Nations, 1851
;
and of the Crjstnl Palace, Sydenham. Designed furniture,
&c. Publishtd
"
Plans, &c., with Details, of the Alhambra," in colours, fol.
1836-45; "Designs for Mosaic and Tesselated Pavements," 4to. 1842; "An
Apology for tlie Colouring of the Greek Court at the Crystal Palace," 8vo. 1854
;
"The Grammar of Ornament," 100 plates, fol. 1856; 112 plates, 1865. Many
other works on colour and ornament. Died May 1
(?),
1874, aged 65.
355. Alexander Tho.mson of Balfron, Scotland, called "Greek Thomson," after the siyle
to which the bent of his studies entitled him.Designed the Cnledouian Road
United Presbyterian Church
;
the St. Vincent Street U.P. Church ; and Queen's
Park U.P. Church
;
the Egyptian Hall, Union Street ; two buildings on north side
of Sauchiehall Street
; all at Glasgow. Died March, 22, 1875, aged nearly 58.
356. Pierre pRANqois Henri Labrouste of Paris.With Visconti, superintended the
decorations for the funor-il ceremony consecrating the return of the remains of
the Emperor Napoleon I. to Paris. Opened an atelier. Designed the Library of
Ste. Genevieve
;
the enlargement of the National Library, with new reading room,
&c. Appointed general inspector of diocesan edifices. Died June 24, 1875,
aged 74.
357. David Bryce of Edinburgh.Designpd many public offices, banks, &e., in
Edinburgh, in various styles; as Fett. s College; the Sheriffs' Court; Edinburgh
Royal Infirmary
; Lanark Infirmary; several churches in Edinburgh, Dalkeith,
Dundee, Falkland, St. Mungo's, &c. In a long list of mansions, and of additions
and alterations, are mentioned Panmure, f(;r Earl of Dalhousie
;
Kinnaird Castle,
for Earl of Soutliesk
;
Langton, for Marquis of Breadalbane
;
and the mausoleum
for the Duke of Hamilton. Died May
7, 1876, aged 73.
358. R.\phael Brandon of London.With his brother Arthur, who died December 18-i7,
published "Parish Churches," sixty-three in number, 8vo. 1848. Then
"
Analysis
of Gothic Architecture," seven hundred examples, 4to. 1849; "Open Timber
Roofs of the Middle Ages," thirty-five examples, 4to. 1849. Designed the church
in Gor.^'on Square for the members of the Catholic Apostolic Church, in conjunc-
tion with Mr. Ritchie. Church in Great Windmill Street, Haymarket; and one
at Knightsbridge. Died October,
1877.
359. Sidney Smirke of London.With his brother Sir Robert, designed the Oxford and
Cambridge Club, Pall Mall. He restored the Temple Church, and published an
account of it, 1845. A block of buildings in the Temple; the Conservative Club,
St. James's Street; Carlton Clubhouse, Pall Mall ; the circular Reading Room,
and other parts, at the British Museum
;
the Exhibition Rooms for the Royal
Academy of Arts, Barlington House. Died December
8, 1877, aged
77.
360. Sir Matthew Digby Wyatt of Devizes.Travelled for two years, and on his
returned published "The Geometric Mosaics of the Middle Ages," fol. 1849.
Reported, 1849, on the Industrial Exposition at Paris. Published "Industrial
Arts of the Nineteenth Century," foL 1853; "Metal Work and its Artistic
Design," fol. 1852. As superintendent of the Fine Arts department at the
erection of the Crystal Palace, he, with Owen Jones, designed several of the
Courts, and wrote the descriptions. He designed the Court and interior
finishings of the new India Office, Whitehall; Addenbroke's Hospital, Cam-
bridge
;
the Royal Indian Civil Engineering College at Cooper's Hill ; restored
the hall of Clare College, Cambridge ; designed the Crimean Memorial Arch
at Cliatham, for the Royal Engineers, &c. ; the man-ion for Louis Hulh, Esq.,

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