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Dan Cruickshank on Robert Adam

The EssayGeorgian Portraits

Historian Dan Cruickshank explores his passion for Georgian architecture through the work of the Scottish neoclassical architect and interior designer Robert Adam.

Producer: Mohini Patel

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2014.

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