British Museum

Date: 1823-1852, 1854-1857
Image View Description: Interior: Reading Room
Creator: Smirke, Robert (English architect, 1780-1867)
Work Type: architecture
Style/Period: Greek Revival
Culture: English
Location: London (England)
Notes: The Reading Room was designed by Sydney Smirke, younger brother of the museum’s architect Robert Smirke, in 1854, and completed in 1857.
Photographer: Andrew Tallon
Record ID: 1617_ha2005_britishmuseum_vr_003


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