Note 8 — INTRODUCTION

Adam studied, with the assistance of the French pensionnaire C.-L. Clérisseau (1722-1820), the Late Roman ruins of Diocletian’s Palace at Spalatro in 1757, and began his brilliant career in London two years later with the Admiralty Screen in Whitehall. See Adam, R., Ruins of the Palace of the Emperor Diocletian at Spalatro, London, 1764, and Fleming, J., Robert Adam and his Circle, London, 1962.