Caption

Built by James Gibbs between 1737 and 1749 based on an idea by Nicholas Hawksmoor. The Radcliffe Camera has been the reading room of the Bodleian Library since 1860

Date

Mar 30, 2010

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Florian Monheim

Reference

BRK25C20_098

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No

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No

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Rights managed

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60,2Mb (2,7Mb) / 18,7in x 12,5in / 5616 x 3744 (300dpi)

Keywords

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