Robert William Billings
Robert William Billings (1813 – 14 November 1874) was a London-born Victorian era painter and architect. He wrote a book called The Power of Form, in which he showed examples of the use of geometry in architecture. He also illustrated The Baronial and Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Scotland. Many paintings based on his prints still survive in private collections. This work on Scotland's historic buildings include an extensive series of Scottish castles including Crathes Castle, Cawdor Castle, Dunnottar Castle and Muchalls Castle, some of which works are the earliest extant renderings of certain of these structures. He was primarily engaged in delineating and restoring historic buildings.
In 1865 Billings erected a curious memorial to fellow architect Peter Nicholson (1765–1844) in Carlisle cemetery, which took the form of a pair of interpenetrating obelisks.[1]
More commonly published as R.W. Billings, his analysis of Carlisle Cathedral has been the subject of scholarly interpretation, particularly citing his geometric theory of analyis.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Colvin, Howard M. (2008) [1954]. A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects, 1600–1840 (4th ed.). Yale University Press. p. 748. ISBN 978-0-300-12508-5. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=CSyaO-MqYoAC&pg=PA748.
- ^ Gentlemans Magazine, Printed by F. Jefferies (1840)
[edit] External links
- The Baronial and Ecclesiatical Antiquities of Scotland (4 volumes), on the Internet Archive.
- Rendition of Cawdor Castle, by R. W. Billings (1845)
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