Robert Morris (writer)

Illustration from Lectures on Architecture, 1759

Robert Morris (1701–1754), born in Twickenham, was one of the most influential 18th-century English writers on architecture. His patternbook plates have been identified as the principal design sources for several prominent houses of colonial America, including Brandon (begun 1765) in Prince George County, Virginia, and Battersea (begun 1768) in Petersburg, Virginia.[1]

  1. ^ The Center for Palladian Studies in America, Inc., "Palladio and Patternbooks in Colonial America."