Megalithic follies: Soane’s ‘Druidic Remains’ and the Display of Monuments

Journal of Material Culture

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 347-366

  Evans, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

antiquarianism; architecture; Gandy; megaliths; models; representation; Soane; Stonehenge

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990318001     PISSN: 13591835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/135918350000500305     Document Type: Article

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