William Wilkins

I was looking for breakfast at Downing College when I came across William Wilkins.  I’m not sure I had seen him before: the scholarly grandson of a Norwich builder, son of another William Wilkins who designed the Master’s Lodge at Caius, he travelled widely in Greece and Asia Minor between 1801 and 1804.  Downing was nearly his first commission on his return.

I assume it’s a version of the E.H. Bailey bust in the Fitzwilliam, but is more powerful:-

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  1. William Wilkins's avatar William Wilkins says:

    William Wilkins R.A., whose bust you saw at Downing, was the grandson of the Norwich builder and plasterer of the same name. His father was the somewhat overlooked architect, also William Wilkins, who designed Castle Donnington, Stanfield Hall and the Master’s Lodge at Gonville and Caius, amongst other things.

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