Bonomi

Bonomi, JOSEPH, architect, was born at Rome in 1739, settled in England in 1767, became an associate of the Royal Academy, and died on 9th March 1806.—His son, JOSEPH BONOMI, the younger, born in Rome 9th October 1796, studied art in London, and became famous as a draughtsman, especially of Egyptian remains. He repeatedly visited Egypt and the Holy Land, and illustrated important works by Wilkinson, Birch, Sharpe, Lepsius, and other Egyptologists. He also published a work of his own on Nineveh, and at his death, 3d March 1878, he was curator of Soane's Museum.