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Robert Adam, oil painting by an unknown artist; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Robert Adam
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Sir John Vanbrugh
British dramatist and architect
William Kent
William Kent
British architect
London: Chiswick House
Richard Boyle, 3rd earl of Burlington
English architect
Norman Shaw.
Norman Shaw
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Westminster Abbey
Nicholas Hawksmoor
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The Church of St. John, Smith Square, Westminster, London; designed by Thomas Archer and built in 1713–28.
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