Thomas Allom
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Thomas Allom (13 March 1804 – 21 October 1872) was an English architect, artist, and
Houses of Parliament
, and is also known for his numerous topographical works, such as Constantinople and the Scenery of the Seven Churches of Asia Minor, published in 1838, and China Illustrated, published in 1845.
Architect
St Peter's Notting Hill, designed by Allom in the Italianate style
He was born in
Royal Academy
School. His designs for churches shown at exhibitions in 1824 and 1827 aroused considerable interest.
From 1834 to 1843, he worked in partnership with Henry Francis Lockwood in Hull, where they designed a number of Neo-classical buildings, such as Hull Trinity House (1839), extensions to Hull Royal Infirmary (1840) and Great Thornton Street Church (1843); the pair also designed the expansion of the Brownlow Hill workhouse in Liverpool (1842-1843).[3]
Allom later designed many buildings in London, including a
Houses of Parliament and the remodelling of Highclere Castle
.
Topographical illustrator
However, Allom is chiefly known for his numerous
topographical works,[4] which were used to illustrate books on travel. From the 1820s onwards, he travelled extensively through the UK and mainland Europe. In 1832 he published Westmorland, Cumberland, Durham and Northumberland Illustrated from Original Drawings by Thomas Allom (three volumes). In 1834 Allom arrived in Istanbul, Turkey, and produced hundreds of drawings during journeys through Anatolia, Syria and Palestine. The results of this expedition were published in 1838 in Constantinople and the Scenery of the Seven Churches of Asia Minor published in two volumes with text by Robert Walsh. Emily Reeve's Character and Costume in Turkey and Italy, published in London in 1840, was also illustrated with engravings by Allom.[citation needed] John Carne's Syria, the Holy Land, Asia Minor, &c. illustrated, published in London in 1836-1838, was in part illustrated with engravings by Allom.[5] He is also remembered for numerous illustrations of China, published in China Illustrated in 1845. He also provided illustrations for "Family Secrets" by Mrs Ellis (1841) and E W Brayley
's "A topographical history of Surrey" (1850).
Final works
Allom, who lived at 1 Barnes Villas (now 80 Lonsdale Road), Barnes,George Dodd in West Norwood Cemetery (Dodd, who died on 15 December 1864, was one of the Gentlemen of Her Majesty's privy chamber from 1844, and MP for Maidstone from 29 June 1841 to May 1853).[7] In 1868 he designed Holy Trinity Barnes (in south west London), his local church to which he contributed £50 towards the cost of its construction.
Allom died aged 68 in Barnes, and was buried in Kensal Green Cemetery.[8]
Notable buildings
- St Peter's Notting Hill[9]
- St. Leodegarius Church, Basford
Gallery
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Ships on the Bosphorus at the Entrance to the Black Sea -
The Castles of Anadoluhisari and Rumelihisari on the Bosphorus. -
Constantinople from the Entrance of the Golden Horn. -
Grande Galerie Louvre
References
- ^ Biography (Sphinx Fine Art).
- ^ "The Bosphorus, with the Castles of Europe & Asia. 1846 | Allom, Thomas | V&A Explore the Collections".
- ^ "Liverpool, Lancashire". The Workhouse: the story of an institution. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-19-860678-9.
- ^ John Carne, Syria, the Holy Land, Asia Minor, &c. illustrated / in a series of views drawn from nature by W.H. Bartlett, William Purser, &c. ; with descriptions of the plates by John Carne, Esq., author of "Letters from the East", London: Fisher, Son, & Company, 1836-1838. Accessed 1 July 2019
- ^ "Local architects" (PDF). Barnes and Mortlake History Society. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
- ^ Friends of West Norwood Cemetery Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Friends of Kensal Green cemetery Retrieved 20 July 2018
- ISBN 0-948667-18-4
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Allom, Thomas". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
Further reading
- Brooks, Diana. Thomas Allom (British Architectural Library, 1998).
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Thomas Allom.
- Thoms Allom online (ArtCyclopedia), Retrieved 11 July 2010
- Thomas Allom's Istanbul, Retrieved 11 July 2010
- The entrance of the Golden Horn (watercolour – Christie's), Retrieved 11 July 2010
- Paintings engraved for Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Books with poetical illustrations by Letitia Elizabeth Landon:
- 1832, engraved by W Le Petit, Restormel Castle.
- 1832, engraved by W Le Petit, Fowey Harbour, St. Saviour's Chapel & Polruan Castle.
- 1832, engraved by W Le Petit, The Carclaze Tin Mine, Cornwall.
- 1832, engraved by Joseph Wilson Lowry, The Valley of Rocks.
- 1833, engraved by E Challis, Collegiate Church, Manchester.
- 1833, engraved by W LePetit, A Legend of Tintagel Castle.
- 1833, engraved by S Fisher, Treryn Castle.
- 1833, engraved by W LePetit, Boscastle Waterfall and Quarry.
- 1833, engraved by T Jeavons, Langdale Pikes.
- 1833, engraved by E Challis, Dartmouth Church.
- 1833, engraved by Joseph Clayton Bentley, Linmouth.
- 1833, engraved by J Thomas, Dartmouth Castle.
- 1834, engraved by Joseph Wilson Lowry, Sefton Church.
- 1834, engraved by Joseph Clayton Bentley, Teignmouth, from the Ness.
- 1834, engraved by Joseph Clayton Bentley, Airey Force, Cumberland.
- 1834, engraved by W A Le Petit, Preston.
- 1834, engraved by T Jeavons, Coniston Water from Nebthwaite, Lancashire.
- 1835, engraved by W. Floyd, Honister Crag,—Cumberland.
- 1835, engraved by W A Le Petit, St. Mawgan Church & Lanhern Nunnery, Cornwall.
- 1835, engraved by Ebenezer Challis, Speke Hall, Lancashire.
- 1835, engraved by Joseph Wilson Lowry, Durham Cathedral, from the Nave.
- 1835, engraved by W A Le Petit, Caldron Snout.—Westmorland.
- 1835, engraved by James Thomas, St. Knighton’s Kieve.
- 1835, engraved by Robert Sands, Chapter House, Furness Abbey.
- 1835, engraved by Ebenezer Challis, Mardale Head.
- 1836, engraved by M J Starling, Warkworth Hermitage.
- 1836, engraved by J Redaway, The Rush-Bearing at Ambleside.
- 1836, engraved by J Tingle, The Queen’s Room, Sizergh Hall, Westmorland.
- 1836, engraved by James Sands, The Aisle of Tombs.
- 1836, engraved by Joseph Clayton Bentley, Valley of Linmouth, North Devon.
- 1837, engraved by Ebenezer Challis, Exterior of Lincoln Cathedral.
- 1837, engraved by Samuel Lacey, Derwent Water, from the Castle Head.
- 1837, engraved by Thomas Higham, Lancaster Castle.
- 1837, engraved by James Sands, Belvoir Castle, Seat of the Duke of Rutland.
- 1837, engraved by M J Starling, Regatta,—Windermere Lake.
- 1837, engraved by Joseph Clayton Bentley, Scale Force, Cumberland.
- 1838, engraved by R Staines, The Rescue of Ivanhoe. with The Tournament by L. E. L.
- 1838, engraved by J J Hinchliff Miller's Dale, Derbyshire.
- 1838, engraved by Samuel Lacey, Warkworth Castle, Northumberland.
- 1839, engraved by W Floyd, Village of Koghera & Deodar Forest.
- 1839, engraved by W Floyd, Queen Elizabeth at Kenilworth Castle.
- 1839, engraved by D Buckle, Newstead Abbey, Nottinghamshire.
- 1839, engraved by Samuel Lacey, Matlock, Derbyshire.
- 1839, engraved by James Sands, Dunstanburgh Castle.
- 1840, engraved by Ebenezer Challis, Interior of a Moorish Palace, Algiers.
- 1841, engraved by Thomas Higham, Neftah, the Ancient Negeta, Beylit of Tunis.
- 1832, engraved by W Le Petit,
- In Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1834, as illustration to Letitia Elizabeth Landon's poem The Zenana.:
- Tomb of Ibrahim Padshah, Bejapore, engraved by Thomas Higham.
- In Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1834, as illustration to Letitia Elizabeth Landon's poem The Missionary.:
- interior of Exeter Cathedral, engraved by E Challis.
- In Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1836 Horse-Shoe Falls, Niagara., engraved by Robert Sands.
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