Hidden Patrons: Women and Architectural Patronage in Georgian Britain RIBA Contract Administration The aim is to show

The aim is to show how

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This innovative book breaks the impasse by looking at how participants themselves exert power

Hidden Patrons: Women and Architectural Patronage in Georgian Britain RIBA Contract Administration The aim is to showAn enduring myth of Georgian architecture is that it was purely the pursuit of male architects and their wealthy male patrons. History states that it was men who owned grand estates and houses, who commissioned famous architects, and who embarked upon elaborate architectural schemes. Hidden Patrons dismantles this myth revealing instead that women were at the heart of the architectural patronage of the day, exerting far more influence and agency than