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>>> article no. P 141 <<< Condition: corners minimally scuffed, top edge slightly damaged coloured artistic card – Houses of Parliament, seen from River Thames, boats, steam ship and sailing ship, Big Ben in background Address: Canon Row, London SW1A 2 |  To the map of London |
– Details –
Year: ca. 1910
Postal state: postally unused
Inscription front: Houses of Parliament. Charles F. Flower, Oilette
Inscription back: Tuck's Post Card, Carte Postale, By Appointment, The Houses of Parliament. The Houses of Parliament, with Westminster Hall, form a single pile of buildings on the north bank of the Thames, erected in 1840 from Sir Charles Barry's design, The earlier Palace of Westminster was burned down in 1834. In the Clock Tower next to Westminster Bridge hangs Big Ben, a bell weighing 13 tons. Westminster Bridge is one of the handsomest in London, and was erected in 1856-62. (For Address Only), R&S T, Raphael House, Trade Mark, Copyright London, Printed in England, The Houses of Parliament. R&T S Raphael Tuck & Sons' Oilette Postcard No. 7898, Art Publishers to Their Majesties the King & Queen.
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