Original description by George Birch in 1894
The British Museum, Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury, was vested in trustees by Act of Parliament in 1753, and opened on January 15th, 1759. The building, as it now stands, was designed by Sir Robert Smirke, and erected in 1823–52; and is an imposing structure of the Grecian-Ionic style of architecture. It is now open to the public every day, and lectures are frequently delivered. It contains the finest reading room extant, admission to which for purposes of study may be obtained on application to the Chief Librarian, and unrivalled collections of manuscripts, prints, and drawings, Egyptian and Assyrian antiquities, Greek and Roman antiquities, British and Mediæval antiquities, coins and prehistoric relics.
Geolocation
Subject at centre of picture: TQ 3009 8165
Camera position: TQ 3009 8165 approx.
Camera height: level with top of columns, ~14m (if figures near steps are 5'6" tall). Possibly on roof of 5-storey building opposite, number 48 Great Russell Street.
View angle: 80° approx.
Focal length (35mm equiv): 20mm approx.
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Technical information
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