Title

'The Natural History Museum, South Kensington'

Caption

'The Natural History Museum, South Kensington', c1876. Victorian facade of the Natural History Museum by Gibbs and Canning Limited. The museum was established on the collection of Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753). From "Old and New London: A Narrative of Its History, Its People, and Its Places. The Western and Northern Studies", by Edward Walford. [Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., London, Paris & New York]

Date

1876

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19F22_362

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

61,4Mb (2,7Mb) / 18,4in x 12,9in / 5524 x 3882 (300dpi)

Keywords

exterior outdoors city urban road building London England female women woman people male man men architecture country science guy British museum English lane avenue location Victorian Natural History Museum century Britain facade lady concept Romanesque United Kingdom B&W capital city MONOCHROME publication natural history Day 19th century black & white black and white background people B W façade Kensington and Chelsea nineteenth century history historic West London The Print Collector Cromwell Road South Kensington TGN outside street building exterior engraving Old and New London Unknown Sir Hans Sloane Sloane Hans Sloane Edward Walford Co Edward Walford Canning Cassell Petter Petter & Galpin Gibbs and Canning Gibbs and Gibbs and Canning Limited Sir Hans Hans engraving