James Elmes (1782 - 1862)
RA Collection: People and Organisations
Architect; writer on architecture and the arts. Father of architect Harvey Lonsdale Elmes (1814-47).
Profile
Born: 15 October 1782 in London
Died: 2 April 1862
RA Schools student from 9 Mar 1805
Gender: Male
Works associated with James Elmes in the RA Collection
4 results
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![Sir Christopher Wren, St. Paul's Cathedral Church - perspective view of the North and East sides]()
After Sir Christopher Wren
St. Paul's Cathedral Church - perspective view of the North and East sides, 1 January 1811
Engraving
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![Sir Christopher Wren, St. Paul's Cathedral Church - geometrical section of the dome transepts &x from north to south.]()
After Sir Christopher Wren
St. Paul's Cathedral Church - geometrical section of the dome transepts &x from north to south., 1 May 1810
Engraving
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![Sir Christopher Wren, St. Paul's Cathedral Church - goemetrical elevation of the Western front]()
After Sir Christopher Wren
St. Paul's Cathedral Church - goemetrical elevation of the Western front, 1 November 1809
Engraving
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![Sir Christopher Wren, St. Paul's Cathedral Church - plan of the basement or substructure.]()
After Sir Christopher Wren
St. Paul's Cathedral Church - plan of the basement or substructure., 1 November 1809
Engraving
Associated books
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James Elmes
Lectures on architecture : comprising the history of the art from the earliest times to the present day ; delivered at the Surrey and Russell Institutions, London, and the Philosophical Institution at Birmingham / by James Elmes. - London: 1821
12/4138
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James Elmes
A General And Bibliographical Dictionary Of The Fine Arts. Containing Explanations Of The Principal Terms Used In The Arts of Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, and Engraving, In All Their Various Branches; Historical Sketches Of The Rise And Progress Of Their Different Schools; Descriptive Accounts Of The Best Books And Treatises On The Fine Arts; And every useful Topic connected therewith. - By James Elmes, M.R.I.A. Architect; Author of "Lectures on Architecture;" "The Life of Sir Christopher Wren;" "An Essay on the Law of Dilapidations," &c. &c. [Epigraph] - London:: 1826.
06/3546
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James Elmes
Memoirs of the life and works of Sir Christopher Wren, with a brief view of the Progress of Architecture in England, from the beginning of the reign of Charles the First to the end of the seventeenth century; and an appendix of authentic documents. By James Elmes, M.R.I.A. Architect, author of Hints for the Construction of Prisons; Treatise on Dilapidations; Lectures on Architecture, &c. [Epigraph] - London: 1823
12/3423
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James Elmes
The arts and artists, or anecdotes & relics, of the schools of painting, sculpture & architecture / by James Elmes - London: [1825]
21/541
Associated archives
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[draft] [Thomas Lawrence], to [James Elmes]
[May 1824]
Item LAW/4/217
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James Elmes, 8 Regent St., Pall Mall, to Sir Thos. Lawrence, P.R.A.
5 May 1824
Item LAW/4/216
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William Wilkins, 36 Weymouth Street, to James Elmes
12 Dec 1827
Item JU/12/144
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[Benjamin Robert Haydon], to [James] Elmes
c. 1830
Item JU/9/58