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Streets of London – British Museum – Montagu House, London circa 1813

By Melanie | November 18, 2013

“The site of the building is inclosed by a high brick wall, which excludes the view on every side. The entrance in Great Russel-street, Bloomsbury, leads into a spacious quadrangle, on the north side of which appears the main building, 216 feet in length and 57 in height to the top of the cornice; with…