Sujet

Part of a wall of the old British Museum, Bloomsbury, London, 1850. Artist: James Findlay

Légende

Part of a wall of the old British Museum, Bloomsbury, London, 1850. The original home of the British Museum, Montague House, was demolished in the 1840s; the Central Hall of the new building, designed by Robert Smirke, was opened in 1847.

Date

1850

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/London Metropolitan Archives

Notre référence

HRM19A99_367

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

18,7Mo (770,0Ko) / 20,1cm x 23,4cm / 2369 x 2762 (300dpi)

Mots clés

exterior building buildings London England people architecture country British museum English color colour ruins ruin location British Museum century Britain concept outside ruined demolition demolished Camden 19th century nineteenth century Bloomsbury Guildhall Library & Art Gallery Montagu House TGN watercolour James Findlay Findlay James