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The Sixth Reading Room of The British Museum, published in 'London Interiors', 1841 (engraving)

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The Sixth Reading Room of The British Museum, published in 'London Interiors', 1841 (engraving)
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Shepherd, Thomas Hosmer (1792-1864) (after) / English
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Medium
engraving
Date
1841 AD (C19th AD)
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The Sixth Reading Room was designed by the architect Sir Robert Smirke (1780-1867) and was completed in 1838; The room stored more than 10,000 books and there was space for 168 people to read at 24 tables; It was used as a reading room until 1857 was the famous round, domed reading room was opened; These two rooms have now been converted into the Mexican Gallery and the Chase Manhattan Gallery of North American Art; The British Museum's library became the British Library in 1973;

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book / library / book-shelves / british museum / sixth reading room / readers / london interiors / librarians / victorian / sir robert smirk

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