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The New Reading-Room at the British Museum, in course of construction, engraved by C.W.Sheeres, published in 'The Illustrated London News', April 14 1855 (engraving)
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English School, (19th century) / English
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Private Collection
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engraving
Date
1855 AD (C19th AD)
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By the mid-19th century the existed reading rooms at the British Museum had been deemed inadequate and a new one was built in the then empty courtyard in the middle of the museum; The round, domed structure was designed by the architect Sydney Smirke (1798-1877) and was completed in 1857; The domed roof, based upon the Pantheon in Rome, was a masterpiece of mid-19th century technology;

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library / british museum / in course of construction / dome / building site / the new reading-room / under construction / architecture / victorian / neo-classical / scaffolding / courtyard / sydney smirke

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