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Autograph Letter Signed ‘Edw: Blore’, extending an invitation to dine. A good one page example 7 x 4 inches, traces of former mounting at corners. 4 Manchester Square, 19 May 1870. Edward Blore (1787–1879), landscape and architectural artist, architect and antiquary. Blore is most notable for his completion of John Nash’s design of Buckingham Palace, following Nash’s dismissal. He completed the palace in a style similar to but plainer than that intended by Nash. In 1847 Blore returned to the palace and designed the great facade facing The Mall thus enclosing the central quadrangle. As a recognised establishment architect Blore was involved in many projects related to the British Empire; this included Government House in Sydney, Australia, which he designed in 1834 in the form of a Gothic castle.