The Early Birmingham and Midland Institute on Paradise Street, Birmingham, England, and the attached Birmingham Central Library (to the rear), both demolished in the 1960s. The BMI includes the four gable bays, curved front and up to, but excluding, the porch entrance to the Library on the right. The BMI was relocated to Margaret Street in 1965. Paradise Street runs across the bottom of the print. In the right hand distance is Mason Science College. The statue is of James Watt.

The Making of Birmingham: being a history of the rise and growth of the Midland metropolis   (  )
Artist	DENT, Robert Kirkup
Title	The Making of Birmingham: being a history of the rise and growth of the Midland metropolis
Description	Image extracted from page 598 of above. Original held and digitised by the British Library. Note: The colours, contrast and appearance of these illustrations are unlikely to be true to life. They are derived from scanned images that have been enhanced for machine interpretation and have been altered from their originals.
Date	1894 date QS:P571,+1894-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Collection	British Library    Native name British Library Location London Coordinates 51° 31′ 46″ N, 0° 07′ 37″ W   Established 1 July 1973  Website www.bl.uk Authority file : Q23308 VIAF: 121814978 ISNI: 0000000123081542 ULAN: 500301700 LCCN: n81139951 NLA: 36588116 WorldCat institution QS:P195,Q23308
Accession number	British Library HMNTS 10352.l.29
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