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The layout of the city of Bath was established by John Wood the Elder from 1728 to 1775, where he and then his son, John Wood the Younger, transformed Bath's townscapes to reflect Roman architecture and planning. This particular street is known as The Paragon, due to the terrace lining the mansard rooftops. The Paragon was designed by Thomas Warr Attwood, an architect as well as a politician, who was Mayor of Bath in 1769. His Georgian townhouses were built in 1768 and the Georgian architecture references classical themes from Greece and Rome as well as techniques from the Renaissance.

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Title
Bath: The Paragon
Creator
Smolski, Chester photographer 1926-2008
Date
'1973-05
Other Identifiers
Local: MSS-0041-B06-SB05-4930
Subject (Topic)
Great Britain
Cityscapes
Church
Housing
Keyword
housing ; street scene ; religious architecture ; townhouse
Geographic Coverage
Great Britain
Type
Image
Finding Aid
Finding Aid on RIAMCO to Chester E. Smolski photographic slides and publications
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Bibliography: "John Wood the Elder, English Architect." Encyclopedia Britannica Online, 2016 www.britannica.com/biography/John-Wood-the-Elder. Accessed 24 Feb. 2016.
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This object from the Chester E. Smolski photographic slides and publications, housed by the Rhode Island College Special Collections, and any of its digital surrogates are the intellectual property of Rhode Island College. This digital object is protected by copyright and/or related rights. The digital material presented here is licensed with a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. This content can be used, shared, or adapted for educational and scholarly purposes. For permissions to use this item please contact digitalcollections@ric.edu. All uses must include appropriate attribution.
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