Birmingham Reference Library, the Reading Room (1881). Edward Richard Taylor (English, 1838-1911). Oil on canvas. Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery.
After the fire of 1879, plans to rebuild the library were approved and the library was rebuilt on the same site by J. H. Chamberlain in a Lombardic Renaissance style with a tall clerestoried Reading Room. At a cost of £54,975 the second Central Library opened on 1 June 1882. Taylor must have been given access prior to the opening for him to execute this painting.
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