Joseph Pickford: Perbedaan antara revisi

▲Pickford was born in Warwickshire in 1736 but he moved as child to London when his father died. Pickford's initial training was undertaken under the stone mason and sculptor Joseph Pickford (his uncle), at his [[Hyde Park, London]] premises. Pickford worked with his uncle for about ten years, training first as a mason and then as an architect.<ref name="AH">{{cite journal |last1=Saunders |first1=Edward |year=1984 |title= The Villas and Town Houses of Joseph Pickford of Derby (1736-82)|journal=Architectural History |volume=27 |issue=Design and Practice in British Architecture: Studies in Architectural History Presented to Howard Colvin |pages=308–319 |publisher=SAHGB Publications Limited |doi= |jstor =1568473 |accessdate=8 May 2011 }}</ref> Pickford at one time had offices in both London and Derby. The architect moved to [[Derby]] in circa 1760, where he was the agent of [[Foremarke Hall]] architect David Hiorne of Warwick.<ref name="AH" /> He married the Mary, the daughter of Thomas Wilkins, the principal agent of [[Wenman Coke]] of [[Longford Hall, Derbyshire]],<ref name="AH" /> which Pickford altered around 1762. The house he designed for himself, Number 41 Friar Gate, is now the [[Pickford's House Museum]] and also a Grade I [[listed building]]. However from April 2006 the building was only available to pre arranged groups.<ref name=bbc2011>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/derbyshire/4632932.stm Protesters opposing museum cuts ], BBC, 21 January 2006, accessed February 2011</ref>

▲Pickford worked extensively throughout the [[English Midlands|Midland]] counties of England, primarily designing town and country houses in the [[Palladian]] style. A significant number of his friends and clients were members of the influential [[Lunar Society]], including the potter [[Josiah Wedgwood]], the painter [[Joseph Wright of Derby]], and the inventors [[Matthew Boulton]] and [[John Whitehurst]].