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1 online resource (248 pages) |
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THE ARCHITECTURAL ACHIEVEMENT OF JOSEPH ALOYSIUS HANSOM (1803-1882): Designer of the Hansom Cab, Birmingham Town Hall,and Churches of the Catholic Revival; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Illustrations; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter I: Birth of a Dynasty -- York 1806-1831; Chapter II: A Prize Leading to Bankruptcy -- Birmingham 1831-1832; Chapter III: Complications, Distractions and Confusion, also 1833-1834; Chapter IV: A new home, a new career and 'Hansom the inventor' 1834-1837; Application for Freedom of City of York; Micklegate Bar, 1780-1830 |
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York Dispensary, erected 1828Collingham Vicarage, Yorkshire; Victoria Terrace, Beaumaris; Method of Raising the Principal Rafters of the Roof; Memorial to John Heap, St Philip's Churchyard; The Birmingham Organ; Front cover of Statement of Facts Relevant to Birmingham Town-Hall; The Birmingham Music Festival, 1846; Robert Owen; Notice of Proposal for Establishment of National Association for Builders; Statue of Thomas Attwood; Union Meeting, New-hall Hill Birmingham; Labour Exchange Note, Birmingham Branch; Operative Builders' Guildhall, 1833-4 |
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Hessian Sack and Workman's Tools found in Roof of Town HallTytherley, Hampshire, 1841-2; The Development of the Hansom Cab; The Mill Farm, Hansom's House at Caldecote; Lutterworth Town Hall; Extension to Husbands Bosworth Hall; Leicester Proprietary School; Hinckley Union Workhouse; New Baptist Chapel, Leicester; Proposed Sussex Memorial; Notre Dame Training College, Liverpool; St George's Church, York; Percival Buildings, Clifton College; Unveiling of blu Plaque, 1981; Chapter V: Getting started -- serious work 1837-1840; Chapter VI: London, publishing, and back to Leicester again 1841-1849 |
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Chapter VII: The Prolific Years -- Lancashire -- 1845-1858Chapter VIII: Upwards and Onwards -- The Rightful Place of the Hansom Legacy; Epilogue; Appendices; Appendix A; Appendix B; Appendix C; Appendix D; Appendix E; Appendix F; Appendix G; Appendix H; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
This work is the first examination of the life of Joseph Hansom, the Victorian architect and designer of the eponymous cab |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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English |
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Hansom, Joseph
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Hansom, Joseph -- Criticism and interpretation
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Hansom, Joseph fast |
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Architects -- England -- Biography
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Catholic architects -- England -- Biography
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Artists, Architects, Photographers.
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ARCHITECTURE -- Individual Architects & Firms -- Essays.
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ARCHITECTURE -- Individual Architects & Firms -- Monographs.
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Architects
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Catholic architects
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Art, Architecture & Applied Arts.
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Architecture.
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England
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Biographies
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780773417564 |
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0773417567 |
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