Title

'British Museum, London', c1920. Artist: Unknown.

Caption

'British Museum, London', c1920. 'British Museum, London situate in Great Russell Street, close to Russell Square. Its foundation was due to Sir Hans Sloane who in 1753 left 50,000 books and other collections to the nation in consideration of a nominal price. The present greatly enlarged building was completed in 1847'. [Valentine & Sons Ltd, Dundee And London, c1920]
The Print Collector collection

Date

1920

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C75_422

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

70,2Mb (2,2Mb) / 20,9in x 13,1in / 6257 x 3923 (300dpi)

Keywords

exterior city London England arts country art view British museum English Neo-classical colonnade location British Museum century vista Britain sepia outside twenties B&W Camden MONOCHROME black & white black and white Elevated View B W Neoclassical Neoclassicism 1920s 20th century Neo-Classicism Bloomsbury The Print Collector TGN photograph postcard Unknown arial view photograph postcard