Editing John Baskerville (section)

== Commemoration ==

In the 1930s, [[Baskerville House]] was built on the grounds of ''Easy Hill''.

In 1947, BBC radio broadcast a radio play about his burial, named ''Hic Jacet: or The Corpse in the Crescent'' by Neville Brandon Watts. The original recording was not preserved but a performance was staged by students at the [[Birmingham School of Acting]] in 2013 at the Typographic Hub Centre of [[Birmingham City University]].<ref name="Hic Jacet">{{cite web|title=Baskerville Society: Hic Jacet or The Corpse in the Crescent|url=http://www.typographichub.org/diary/entry/hic-jacet-or-the-corpse-in-the-crescent/|website=Typographic Hub |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131208204902/http://www.typographichub.org/diary/entry/hic-jacet-or-the-corpse-in-the-crescent/ |archive-date=8 December 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Hic Jacet Mail">{{cite web|title=A rare revival of a macabre story|url=http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/library-birmingham-revives-corpse-crescent-6379878|website=Birmingham Mail|date=6 December 2013 |access-date=9 October 2017}}</ref> A copy of the script is in the [[Norman Painting Archives]] at the [[University of Birmingham]].<ref name="Hic Jacet" />

[[File:Baskerville - Industry and Genius.jpg|right|thumb|200px|''Industry and Genius'', 
1990, by David Patten, sculpture in [[Centenary Square]]]]

A [[Portland stone]] sculpture of the Baskerville typeface, ''Industry and Genius'', in his honour stands in front of Baskerville House in [[Centenary Square, Birmingham|Centenary Square]], Birmingham. It was created by local artist David Patten in 1990.<ref>{{cite web|title=Industry and Genius |url=http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/baskerville |access-date=23 July 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080829012801/http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/baskerville |archive-date=29 August 2008 }}</ref>