Robert William Billings

Robert William Billings (1813 - 14 November, 1874) was a London-born Victorian era painter and architect. He wrote a book called "The Power of Form", in which he showed examples of the use of geometry in architecture. He also illustrated "The Baronial and Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Scotland". Many paintings based on his prints still survive in private collections. This work on Scotland's historic buildings include an extensive series of Scottish castles including Crathes Castle, Cawdor Castle, Dunnottar Castle and Muchalls Castle, some of which works are the earliest extant renderings of certain of these structures. He was primarily engaged in delineating and restoring historic buildings.

More commonly published as R.W. Billings, his analysis of Carlisle Cathedral has been the subject of scholarly interpretation, particularly citing his geometric theory of analyis. [ [http://books.google.com/books?id=xu0IAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA155&lpg=PA155&dq=%22rw+billings%22&source=web&ots=jKgwI4oqlL&sig=oN0nGN9-UOkmQFgE53XOuQd9mrg "Gentlemans Magazine, Printed by F. Jefferies (1840)] ]

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* [http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=%22Baronial%20and%20Ecclesiastical%20Antiquities%20of%20Scotland%22 "The Baronial and Ecclesiatical Antiquities of Scotland"] (4 volumes), on the Internet Archive.
* [http://www.cawdorcastle.com/tour/castle.cfm?c=1 Rendition of Cawdor Castle, by R. W. Billings (1845)]