House and Garden 
left England in 1783, taking with him 
his family of three young children; but 
he did not remain in Italy above a year. 
About five years after his return, in 
November, 1789, he was elected an 
Associate ol the Royal Academy, but 
never raised to the rank of R. A., al¬ 
though Reynolds interested himself very 
warmly in his behalf, and did all that he 
could to obtain for him the professorship, 
which was bestowed on Fuseli. Bon- 
omi died March 9, 1808, leaving a 
widow and six children, the eldest of 
whom also practised as an architect; 
and another son was known as an 
authority on Egyptian antiquities. 
Bonomi’s chief professional works were 
additions and alterations at Langley 
Hall, Kent, 1790; the chapel of the 
Spanish Embassy, near Manchester 
Square, London, 1792; Eastwell House, 
Kent, 1793; the pyramidal mausoleum 
in Blickling Park, Norfolk, 1794; Long¬ 
ford Hall, Salop; mansion at Laver- 
stock, Hants, 1797; mansion at Rose- 
neath, in Dumbartonshire, for the Duke 
of Argyll, 1803, which is his most 
celebrated work, although chiefly re¬ 
markable for the heresy, if not the sole¬ 
cism, of an entrance-portico with a 
column in the centre. The reason 
assigned for this caprice is that, as the 
portico was intended for carriages to 
drive through, it was thought a column 
in the centre of the front would express 
its purpose better; yet, besides having 
a most awkward effect in itself, a column 
in that situation is not a little objection¬ 
able, on account of its obstructing the 
view from the entrance-door. Never¬ 
theless the design is praised as displaying 
originality of genius. Bonomi also 
made designs for the new sacristy of St. 
Peter’s at Rome, of which edifice he had 
been appointed honorary architect in 
1804 .—The Architect. 
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fines for noise making. The negro whist¬ 
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