Elihu Yale: Merchant, Collector & Patron "History" from the Irish Sea to

from the Irish Sea to the Middle East and beyond

and the ideas and principles through which we can engage with architecture

the stumps of pillars that once carried railway lines

This is the first full-length study of the perception and treatment of Gothic architecture in Ireland in the period between 1789 and 1915

or at least diminished

Elihu Yale: Merchant, Collector & Patron "History" from the Irish Sea to2014, Thames & Hudson, 288 pages Elihu Yale (16491721) is famous for the name of Yale University, of which he was an early benefactor. He made his fortune in India, trading in diamonds. Arriving there in 1672, he rose through the East India Company from clerk to governor. When he returned to London in 1699 he brought with him gems, furniture and textiles. In the milieu of portrait painter Sir Godfrey Kneller and physician Sir Hans Sloane he