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| Lord Street Reading Room, Carlisle | ||
| Lord Street Reading Room | ||
| Street:- | English Street | |
| locality:- | Carlisle | |
| civil parish:- | Carlisle (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | reading room | |
| coordinates:- | NY402557 (about) | |
| 1Km square:- | NY4055 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY45 | |
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| evidence:- | old painting:- placename:- Working Men's Reading Room item:- foundation stone |
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| source data:- | Painting, watercolour, Laying the Foundation Stone of the Lord Street Reading Room,
drawn by William Henry Nutter, Carlisle, Cumberland, 1851. click to enlargePR0801.jpg Crowded street scene; a crowd, predominantly male, stands gathered around the site of the future reading room; at its centre the mayor, standing beside the foundation stone, addresses those assembled; left of composition the railway station, court houses and castle lie in the distance. inscribed at top of mount:- "Working Men's Rdng Room, Lord St, Carlisle 1851." inscribed at bottom of mount:- "Sketched by Mr Nutter jnr. John Newson Esq Mayor. See L. Ill. News Decr 1851 and Dickens' Household Words Nov [76|77]" inscribed at bottom right of mount:- "Saturday July 12th 1851 Sketch of Laying the Foundation Stone of the Lord Street Reading Room" item:- Tullie House Museum : 1895.54 Image © Tullie House Museum |
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