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  1. Adam, Robert 1728-1792.
  2. Scottish architect and interior decorator,
  3. leader of the British Neo-Classical revival.
  4. In the interiors of Harewood House, Luton
  5. Hoo, Syon House, Osterley Park and others, he
  6. employed delicate stucco decoration with
  7. Neo-Classical motifs. With his brother, James
  8. Adam (1732-94), also an architect, he
  9. speculatively developed the Adelphi near
  10. Charing Cross, London, largely rebuilt 1936.
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  12. Subject by: Russell Webb
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