Part of a wall of the old British Museum, Bloomsbury, London lumber The viaduct was designed by

The viaduct was designed by John Nash and built in 1813

Queen Elizabeth I wearing a crown and holding and orb

Through the open door a man returns from hunting carrying his quarry

Two women in elaborate costumes and large hats

and receiving alms in the shape of a coin from a sweep's boy and offal from a butcher's roundsman

Part of a wall of the old British Museum, Bloomsbury, London lumber The viaduct was designed byPart of a wall of the old British Museum, Bloomsbury, London, 1850. The original home of the British Museum, Montague House, was demolished in the 1840s; the Central Hall of the new building, designed by Robert Smirke, was opened in 1847.