Photo of the monument to John Baskerville, Birmingham
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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 |
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