print;
almanac
- Museum number
- 1852,1211.530
- Title
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Object: The South Front of the British Museum
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Series: Stationers' Almanack
- Description
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Front of the new building for the British Museum from Great Russell Street, as designed by Smirke; elegantly dressed figures in forecourt and on steps leading up to entrance; Ionic columns supporting the large portico and on surrounding colonnade, a pediment above portico decorated with an ornamental group representing the progress of civilisation; illustration to the Sationers' Almanack; the almanack printed in letterpress below. 1852
Etching and engraving with letterpress
- Production date
- 1852
- Dimensions
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Height: 249 millimetres (plate mark, cut)
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Height: 625 millimetres (sheet)
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Width: 445 millimetres (plate mark)
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Width: 485 millimetres (sheet)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- The top of the print has been badly damaged, and the Stationers' Almanack title is missing.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: The Stationers' Almanack
- Acquisition date
- 1852
- Acquisition notes
- Acquired under the Copyright Act
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1852,1211.530
