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In Joseph Aloysius Hansom (1803-82), An Unfortunate Genius, biographer Penelope Harris portrays an imaginative, eclectic architect of around two hundred buildings across the British Isles and into France, mainly for Catholic and gentry patrons.
In Joseph Aloysius Hansom (1803-82), An Unfortunate Genius, biographer Penelope Harris portrays an imaginative, eclectic architect of around two hundred buildings across the British Isles and into France, mainly for Catholic and gentry patrons. Starting from humble origins, but blessed with his upbringing in York, driven by passion and not afraid to defy convention, Hansom is now perhaps unfairly as well remembered as the inventor of the hansom cab as he is for his many wonderful architectural masterpieces. Using original research material such as the meticulous diaries of his clerk of works who recorded their daily building routine, Harris shows how that far from being a self-seeking egoist Hansom attempted to set up a college for budding architects and promoted building skills through his journal The Builder.
In Joseph Aloysius Hansom (1803-82), An Unfortunate Genius, biographer Penelope Harris portrays an imaginative, eclectic architect of around two hundred buildings across the British Isles and into France, mainly for Catholic and gentry patrons. Starting from humble origins, but blessed with his upbringing in York, driven by passion and not afraid to defy convention, Hansom is now perhaps unfairly as well remembered as the inventor of the hansom cab as he is for his many wonderful architectural masterpieces. Using original research material such as the meticulous diaries of his clerk of works who recorded their daily building routine, Harris shows how that far from being a self-seeking egoist Hansom attempted to set up a college for budding architects and promoted building skills through his journal The Builder.
Product Details
- Publisher: Unicorn Publishing Group (March 30, 2027)
- Length: 416 pages
- ISBN13: 9781918271133
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Raves and Reviews
'Hansom is one of the most visually exciting architects of the 19th century.'
– Dr. Julian Holder, Senior Associate Tutor in Architectural History, University of Oxford/Department for Continuing Education
'A key to Hansom’s many ecclesiastical and institutional buildings following Catholic Emancipation. The author must be given credit for discovering and recording in detail so much of his vast oeuvre.'
– Abbot Geoffrey Scott, President of the Catholic Archives Society
'One of the joys of repairing Hansom’s St Mary’s Lochee, Dundee, was discovering the inventiveness, design talent and ingenuity of this ‘Cathedral in Miniature’, coupled with Penelope Harris’s account of his extraordinary life, making him one of the very best Victorian architects.'
– Benjamin Tindall Architects, Edinburgh
'A fascinating and important piece of research.'
– York Civic Society
'This book has involved years of painstaking and detailed research. It deserves to become a standard reference work.'
– Neil Darlington, B.A., B.Arch., Editor Dictionary of Manchester Architects 1800-1940
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Hardcover 9781918271133
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