tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617787042475515385.post5294861148918107351..comments2024-02-01T21:49:33.565+00:00Comments on Tired of London, Tired of Life: See Sir John Soane's collection of tatTom Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18201345543198833859noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617787042475515385.post-74351211038354534762009-01-23T16:14:00.000+00:002009-01-23T16:14:00.000+00:00Thanks for the interest guys and Rob - I have the ...Thanks for the interest guys and Rob - I have the Hunterian Museum on my big list of things to post when I get a bout of writer's block!Tom Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18201345543198833859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617787042475515385.post-23355124260797609042009-01-23T13:16:00.000+00:002009-01-23T13:16:00.000+00:00While I usually look down my nose at folks who ins...While I usually look down my nose at folks who insist on re-creating a country in their drawing room, his collection did prove useful. When he was a professor, English architects were no longer able to actually travel to Rome to study the real thing, due to some little man trying to take over the world.justarabbithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10966670407976735937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617787042475515385.post-65288948022132569612009-01-23T09:45:00.000+00:002009-01-23T09:45:00.000+00:00You can't help pitying his wife. There she is tryi...You can't help pitying his wife. <BR/><BR/>There she is trying to dust, and there he is bringing back another four crates of Etruscan terracotta fragments. <BR/><BR/>"But, darling, there's plenty of room... all I have to do is bunch up those Northern Renaissance bronzes, and move the sarcophagus of Seti I a bit to the right..."<BR/><BR/>And, of course, there's the bizarre (and free) Hunterian museum opposite - maybe a future blog post!Rob Ainsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15545429147297468874noreply@blogger.com