羅伯特·威廉·比林斯
地形繪圖與建築古蹟插畫師
羅伯特·威廉·比林斯是一位英國建築師和作家。他受過地形製圖員的訓練,在職業生涯早期撰寫並插圖了許多書籍,隨後專注於他的建築實踐。 比林斯於1812年出生於倫敦的貝斯沃特地區。十三歲時,他師從地形繪圖員約翰·布里頓,學徒期為七年。1837年,他為喬治·戈德溫的《聖保羅大教堂歷史與描述》繪製插圖;兩年後,他與弗雷德里克·麥肯齊合作,為戈德溫的《倫敦教堂》兩卷本繪製插圖。他曾協助傑弗里·懷亞特維爾爵士繪製溫莎城堡的圖紙,並在議會大廈舊樓火災後繪製了許多廢墟景觀圖。 The works he undertook on his own account included Illustrations of the Temple Church, London, (1838); Gothic Panelling in Brancepeth Church, Durham (1841) and Kettering Church, Northamptonshire (1843). He produced important works on Carlisle Cathedral and Durham Cathedral, published in 1840 and 1843, and Illustrations of the Architectural Antiquities of the County of Durham (1846). The work for which he became best known was The Baronial and Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Scotland, published in four volumes between 1845 and 1852, which contained 240 illustrations, with explanatory text. The work was a great success and was reprinted several times, in 1899, 1900, 1901, 1908, 1909, 2008, 2012, 2015, 2016 and 2017. In the 1901 edition it was revealed that all the commentaries were written by John Hill Burton, the edition included a foreword by Robert Rowand Anderson. Anderson wrote in the foreword of it being "in the front rank of Architectural publications, and from this position it has yet to be displaced." 他的其他出版作品包括《試圖定義哥德式建築的幾何比例,以卡萊爾和伍斯特大教堂為例》(1840年)、《幾何花飾圖解,源自卡萊爾大教堂的鑲板》(1842年)、《幾何設計的無限性例證》(1849年)以及《形式之力應用於幾何花飾》(1851年)。 最終,他放棄了作家身分,全心投入建築實踐。他受僱參與愛丁堡城堡禮拜堂的修復工程(一項政府委託專案);斯特靈城堡的道格拉斯房間;為韋姆斯伯爵在哈丁頓郡建造的戈斯福德府邸;伍斯特郡漢伯里大廳的修復工程;坎伯蘭郡的克羅斯比-on-伊登教堂;以及威爾特郡的肯布爾府邸和牧師住宅。1865年,比林斯在卡萊爾公墓為同為建築師彼得·尼科爾森(1765–1844)樹立了一座不同尋常的紀念碑,其形式為一對相互穿插的方尖碑。 從1865年起,比林斯居住在普特尼,在那裡他購買了穆利內爾宅邸,這所房子曾由馬爾博羅公爵夫人居住。他於1874年11月14日在那裡去世。
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Master student
- Sir Jeffry Wyattville Master
Fellow student
Artworks by this artist (10 total)
- Vestiges of Sculpture and Painting in St Stephen’s Chapel, Westminster 1836
- Convert Garden Theatre, London
- Caerlaverock Castle Entrance Gateway and Flanking Towers 1848
- Elevation, Section and Plan, of One Compartment (of Three) of the Screen, St. Stephen’s Chapel, Westminster 1835
- Window of the Crypt of St. Stephen’s Chapel, Westminster 1835
- Staircase at Southeast Angle, Painted Chamber, Westminster 1835
- Court Yard of Caerlaverock Castle 1848
- Ruins of St Stephen’s Chapel, Seen from the Roof of Westminster Hall 1835
- St. Saviour’s Church, Southwark-View of the Nave 1834
- Caerlaverock Castle (General View) 1848