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Hammersmith Library

Hammersmith Library is a Grade II listed building at Shepherd's Bush Road, Hammersmith, London W6 7AT.[1]

It was built in 1905 by the architect Henry Hare, with sculpture by F. E. E. Schenck.[1]

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Plan of the Library
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Drawing of the Library

The statues in the façade are as follows: immediately to the top left of the main entrance, on the first floor, is a statue of John Milton, while to the top right of the main door is a statue of William Shakespeare.[2] To the right of these statues, between the windows on the south wing of the library, are a male figure with a book, representing Literature, and a female figure with a paintbrush, representing the Arts;[3] while to the left of the statues of Milton and Shakespeare, between the windows on the north wing, are a female figure with a wheel, representing Spinning, and a male figure with a pair of compasses, representing Astronomy.[4]

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