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The British Museum: the reading room under construction. Wood engraving by J. Brown after C. W. Sheeres, 1855.
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The British Museum: the reading room under construction. Wood engraving by J. Brown after C. W. Sheeres, 1855.

Charles William Sheeres · 1855

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Lettering: The new reading-room at the British Museum, in course of construction. ; J. Brown ; C. W. Sheeres

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