File:Birmingham centre from Mason College roof 1886.jpg

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Henry William Brewer: Birds-Eye View of Birmingham in 1886.   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Henry William Brewer  (1836–1903)  wikidata:Q42226137
 
Henry William Brewer
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H. W. Brewer
Description painter and drawer
Date of birth/death 1836 Edit this at Wikidata 1903 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth Oxford
Work period 1858 Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q42226137
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The Graphic
Title
Birds-Eye View of Birmingham in 1886.
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English: Birds-Eye View of Birmingham in 1886. Illustration for The Graphic, 4 September 1886.

A view of central Birmingham in a print by H. W. Brewer, taken from "The Graphic", 1886. Looking over Chamberlain Square with the newly extended Council House and art gallery (in the centre), the Town Hall (the building with pillars on the right) and Christ Church between them (demolished - now Victoria Square). The Chamberlain memorial which is at the bottom in the centre. Centre of left margin with a rose window is the Birmingham School of Art. New Street station and St Martin in the Bull Ring church are above the Town Hall. St Philip's Cathedral (at the time, St Philip's Church) above the square tower of the Council House.

Saint Chad's Cathedral can be seen in the background in the top-left corner of the image. The gabled roof of Mason Science College occupies the lower left corner. The rounded end of the original public library occupies the lower right corner.
Date 4 September 1886
date QS:P571,+1886-09-04T00:00:00Z/11
Medium Woodcut engraving
Accession number
British Library HMNTS 10352.l.29.
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Image extracted from page 8 of The Making of Birmingham: being a history of the rise and growth of the Midland metropolis ... With ... illustrations, etc, by DENT, Robert Kirkup. Original held and digitised by the British Library. Copied from Flickr.

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