[The first 'Big Ben'] The Largest Bell in England, Cast by John Warner & Sons, London, By Order of her most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria, for the Clock Tower of the New Palace at Westminster, 1856.
[1856.]
Wood-engraved admission ticket on card, unused. Sheet 185 x 145mm (7¼ x 5¾"). Old ink mss on top edge, a few spots, mounted on album paper with newspaper clippings, one showing the same image. One print has come away from the album paper.
A ticket to see the first 'Big Ben' bell, shown on the ground with two men added for perspective. The bell cracked during testing so never reached the Clock Tower.
[Ref: 64289] £240.00
Wood-engraved admission ticket on card, unused. Sheet 185 x 145mm (7¼ x 5¾"). Old ink mss on top edge, a few spots, mounted on album paper with newspaper clippings, one showing the same image. One print has come away from the album paper.
A ticket to see the first 'Big Ben' bell, shown on the ground with two men added for perspective. The bell cracked during testing so never reached the Clock Tower.
[Ref: 64289] £240.00