Article image
Article image
Article image
Article image
Article image
Article image

THOMAS HARDY.

WORK AS AN ARCHITECT. The association of Thomas Hardy with the Adelphi is to be commemorated by a panel in the library of the British Drama League. On the panel the following account of the association is given•:— " Thomas Hardy, O.M. The first floor of 8, Adelphi Terrace, was formerly the office of Mr. (afterwards Sir) A. Blomfield, and here Thomas Hardy, aged 22-27, was in his employment as an architect in the years 1852-67. Hero ho saw the Embankment being built and wrote some of the poems that were to be published many years afterwards. His seat was by. the easternmost window of tho front room."

Mrs. Hardy, who -was accompanied by Sir James Barrio, formally placed the panel in position, and it. will bo affixed to the wall behind Hardy's old seat.

This article text was automatically generated and may include errors. View the full page to see article in its original form.
Permanent link to this item

https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19280818.2.164.43.7

Bibliographic details

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 20028, 18 August 1928, Page 7 (Supplement)

Word Count
136

THOMAS HARDY. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 20028, 18 August 1928, Page 7 (Supplement)

THOMAS HARDY. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 20028, 18 August 1928, Page 7 (Supplement)