Manchester Atheneum

Date

1960s-1980s

Collection

Central Lettering Record

Code

CLR.2023.222.M.1-3

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License

Creative Commons

Three instances of the Manchester Atheneum building, showing carved lettering (v-section) on stone entablature around the building, integrated to substrate, capital serif (minimal), including date in roman numerals, reading ’INSTITUTED AD MDCCCXXV ATHENÆUM ERECTED AD MDCCCXXXVIII…’ [1825, 1838] Location: Manchester.

Alan Bartram Photographic print Graphic design Lettering