Laying the Foundation Stone of the Lord Street Reading
Room
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item:- Tullie House Museum : 1895.54 image:- © Tullie House Museum |
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Painting, watercolour, Laying the Foundation Stone of the
Lord Street Reading Room, drawn by William Henry Nutter,
Carlisle, Cumberland, 1851.
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. |
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Working Men's Rdng Room, Lord St, Carlisle 1851. |
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Sketched by Mr Nutter jnr. John Newson Esq Mayor. See L. Ill. News Decr 1851 and Dickens' Household Words Nov [76|77] |
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Saturday July 12th 1851 Sketch of Laying the Foundation Stone of the Lord Street Reading Room |
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| wxh, image:- | 258x167mm | |
| wxh, sheet:- | 26x17cm | |