Robert Adam & his brothers; their lives, work & influence on English architecture, decoration and furniture . 268 THE LIVES AND WORK OF ROBERT AND JAMES ADAM Richard Rigby, the Paymaster-General. Roxburghe House was themansion at the south-east corner of Harewood Place, which wasafterwards purchased by Edward, the first Earl of Harewood, and known as Hare-wood House. Thisname the houseretained to the last,even after it wasdeserted by itsnoble proprietor in1894, and passedinto the possessionof the Royal Agri-cultural this institutionthe mansion wasoccupied until sometime before theye
Robert Adam & his brothers; their lives, work & influence on English architecture, decoration and furniture . 268 THE LIVES AND WORK OF ROBERT AND JAMES ADAM Richard Rigby, the Paymaster-General. Roxburghe House was themansion at the south-east corner of Harewood Place, which wasafterwards purchased by Edward, the first Earl of Harewood, and known as Hare-wood House. Thisname the houseretained to the last,even after it wasdeserted by itsnoble proprietor in1894, and passedinto the possessionof the Royal Agri-cultural this institutionthe mansion wasoccupied until sometime before theyear 1908, whenthe premises weredemolished. It isillustrated in , and Figs. 51. P- 73; S2, ; and 58, p. Duke of Rox-burghe, for whomthe brothers madethe alterations, wasJohn, the third successor to the dukedom, the celebrated collectorof In addition to carrying out a considerable number of. Fig. 202.— Main Staircase, Harewood House, London.(Now demolished.) 1 Vide The Book-Hunter (John Ker, Duke of Roxburghe, 1740-1804), by JohnHill Burton, edited by J. Herbert Slater. AFTER THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE AMERICAN WAR 269
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