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Plate 9: Colonnaded hall according to the custom of the ancient Romans

Plate 9: Colonnaded hall according to the custom of the ancient Romans, and niches adorned witn statues (Sala all'uso degli antichi Romani con colonne, e nicchie ornate di statue), from the series Part one of architecture and perspectives: drawn and etched by Gio. Batt'a Piranesi, Venetian Architect: dedicated to Nicola Giobbe (Prima parte di Architetture, e prospettive inventate, ed incise da Gio. Batt'a Piranesi Architetto Veneziano dedicate al Sig. Nicola Giobbe), 1743

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Sennicots, 1835. Creator: Henry Alexander Ogg

Sennicots, 1835. Sennicotts estate near Chichester, West Sussex, built in 1809 by Charles Baker who retired after serving in Madras with the British East India Company, the architect is thought to have been James Elmes. Engraving by Henry Alexander Ogg after a drawing by Thomas Henwood. From "The History, Antiquities, and Topography of the County of Sussex, Volume the Second", by Thomas Walker Horsfield, F.S.A. [Baxter, Sussex Press, Lewes; Messrs. Nichols and Son, London, (1835)]

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View of the Pleasure Gardens from the Summit of Sigiriya, Sri Lanka, 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon

View of the Pleasure Gardens from the Summit of Sigiriya, Sri Lanka, 20th century. Sigiriya is an ancient rock fortress of historic and archaeological significance, located in the central Matale District in the Central Province of Sri Lanka. According to the ancient Sri Lankan chronicle the Culavamsa, this site was selected by King Kasyapa (477-495 CE) for his new capital. He built his palace on top of this rock and decorated its sides with colourful frescoes

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