ARCHITECTURE - FLAXMAN, SOANE, NASH AND BURTON Admittance ticket signed ('J Flaxman RA') to a lecture at the Royal Academy at 8 o'clock, bearing Royal Academy stamp in red ink, printed with ink signature on card, light dust-staining, remains of tape on reverse where previously mounted, 12mo (62 x 90mm.), Royal Academy, [n.d.] with four letters from the foremost architects of the early nineteenth-century, comprising: autograph letter signed ('John Soan' [sic]), to 'My dear Tyrrell', hoping the '...rough instructions will be sufficient as I am anxious to have the business completed...' and asking him not to destroy them, on mourning paper, 1 December 1817; autograph letter signed ('J. Nash') to J Phillips ('My Dear Sir') asking him to '...get the points adjusted tomorrow...', 20 April 1824; two signed by Decimus Burton ('Decs. Burton') to Edward Cooke ('Dear Mr Cooke'), making arrangements to meet at the Athenaeum and sending train times, observing '...I much should like to see your pictures...', 31 March 1863 and 'Saturday-10 A.M.', 6 pages, dust-staining, creased at folds, remains of tape of verso where previously mounted, 8vo, St Leonards on Sea and London, 1825 to 1863 (5) Footnotes: 'ROUGH INSTRUCTIONS WILL BE SUFFICIENT AS I AM ANXIOUS TO HAVE THE BUSINESS COMPLETED'. Accompanying an admittance ticket to a lecture at the Royal Academy signed by sculptor John Flaxman, who was Professor of Sculpture at the R.A. from 1810, are four letters from the renowned architects who drove the neo-classical revival of the early nineteenth-century and who, between them, transformed the face of London. The recipient of the letter from John Soane (spelt 'Soan' here) who, incidentally, gave 12 lectures on the history of architecture at the R.A. in 1806, is likely to be Charles Tyrrell (1795-1832). He had been Soane's pupil until March 1817, executing some of the drawings to illustrate Soane's lectures. In December 1817, when our letter was written, he had left Soane's practice but was still clearly still working closely with his mentor. John Nash (1752-1835), architect of the Royal Pavilion, Brighton, and of the transformation of London streets under the patronage of the Prince Regent, collaborated closely with Decimus Burton (1800-1881). Burton, the son of Nash's friend, the property developer John Burton, is perhaps best-known for his work on Buckingham Palace and at the Royal Parks. Our letters from Burton are presumably to the painter Edward William Cooke (1811-1880) for whom he was making improvements to The Ferns, his house in Kensington in 1823/4. In our second letter, he asks to meet at the newly-opened Athenaeum, a private members' club which had opened in February 1824, of which he was the architect. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing