Photo of the monument to John Baskerville, Birmingham

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Photo of the monument to John Baskerville, Birmingham in Birmingham, UK

This monument is called "Industry and Genius" and is a monument to John Baskerville, the famous typographer who lived from 1706 to 1775. It shows the title of his first book (Virgil), which was a reprint of Virgil's poems. The monument replicates the letter punches he used to make his type, and was created by David Patten, assisted by Michael P House in 1990. You can find this monument in Centenary Square in Birmingham, near to where Baskerville lived and worked.

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Title:	the monument to John Baskerville, Birmingham
Filename:	IMG_4735.JPG
Location:	Birmingham, UK
Camera:	Canon EOS 450D
Date (GMT):	27/02/10 12:19
Original size:	2848 x 4272 pixels
Copyright:	©Sean McManus. Ask me about reuse.

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