Paintings, Prints & Drawings — 1754-01-15
A Design for the British Museum or Public Repository & Cottonian Library.
A Design for the British Museum or Public Repository & Cottonian Library, being One Front of a Quadrangle; in which may be included the Royal Society, Antiquarian Society, & a Royal Academy of Painting, Sculpture & Architecture; with proper Receptacles for such future Libraries, natural & artificial Curiosities as may be hereafter left in order to make it, not only the greatest Ornament of England but the noblest Monument of Science and Art in the World. Humbly offer'd to the Consideration of the Commissioners." - front elevation of unsuccessful design for the new museum. District: Bloomsbury.
- Category:
- Paintings, Prints & Drawings
- Object ID:
- 80.501/963
- Object name:
- A Design for the British Museum or Public Repository & Cottonian Library.
- Artist/Maker:
- Johnston, Cornelius
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- Production date:
- 1754-01-15
- Material:
paper, ink
- Measurements/duration:
- H 347 mm, W 723 mm (paper)
- Part of:
- —
- On display:
- —
- Record quality:
- 60%
- Part of this object:
- —
- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
- Image credit:
- —
- Creative commons usage:
- CC BY-NC 4.0
- License this image:
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