George Joshua Basevi* [commonly known as George Besevi] was born to Jewish paren… subscribers only
Portrait of George Basevi
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1. Avery, Derek. Victorian and Edwardian Architecture. London: Chaucer Press, 2003 2. Basevi, W. H. F. ‘The grand tour of an architect’. The Architect vol. 108, 1922 pp. 43, 70, 117, 156 3. Bolton, Arthur Thomas. Architectural Education a Century Ago. Being an Account of the Office of Sir John Soane . . . with Particular reference to the Career of George Basevi London: Sir John Soane Museum, 1924 4. Colvin, Howard. A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840 New Haven, Connecticut and London: Yale University Press, 4th edition, 2008 pp.103-104 5. Cornforth, John. ‘The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge’. Country Life vol. 132, 29 November 1962 pp. 1340-1343 [Part two of a two part article on George Basevi’s 1835 competition-winning designdesigns for the Fitzwilliam Museum] 6. Cornforth, John. ‘The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge’. Country Life vol. 132, 22 November 1962 pp. 1278-1281 [Part one of a two part article on George Basevi’s 1835 competition-winning designdesigns for the Fitzwilliam Museum] 7. Directory of British Architects 1834-1914. Compiled by Antonia Brodie, et al. Volume 1: A-K. London; New York: British Architectural Library, Royal Institute of British Architects/Continuum, 2001 8. Hobhouse, Hermione. ‘The building of Belgravia’. Country Life vol. 145, 22 May 1969 pp. 1312-1314 [Part two of a two part article in which Balsevi’s designs for the Belgravia aria of London are discussed] 9. Hobhouse, Hermione. ‘The building of Belgravia’. Country Life vol. 145, 8 May 1969 pp. 1154-1157 [Part one of a two part article in which Balsevi’s designs for the Belgravia aria of London are discussed] 10. Jamilly, Edward. ‘Anglo-Jewish architects and architecture in the 18th and 19th centuries’. Transactions (Jewish Historical Society of England) vol. 18, 1953-55 pp. 127-141 11. Jordan, Marc L. A. The Life and Work of George Basevi (1794-1845) MA thesis, University of London, Courtauld Institute of Art, 1979 12. Kadish, Sharman. ‘Constructing Identity: Anglo-Jewry and Synagogue Architecture’. Architectural History vol. 45, 2002 pp. 386-408 13. Laidlaw, Petra. 'Islington's early Jewish architects'. Journal of the Islington Archaeology & History Society, vol 8, no 3, Autumn 2018 pp. 10-11 14. Ramsey, Stanley C. ‘London clubs’. Architectural Review vol. 35, March 1914 pp. 652-653 [Discusses the Conservative Club in London designed by George Balsevi and completed in 1845] 15. ‘Memoir of George Basevi, Esq.’. The Builder vol. 3. 1845 pp. 510–11