Title

'The Victoria Tower, from Lambeth', c1870.

Caption

'The Victoria Tower, from Lambeth', c1870. Victoria Tower at the Palace of Westminster designed by Charles Barry in Perpendicular Gothic style was completed in 1860 as a 'fireproof repository for books and documents'. From "Picturesque Europe - The British Isles, Vol. I". [Cassell, Petter & Galpin, London, c1870]

Date

1870

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19G26_014

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

60,9Mb (3,5Mb) / 12,6in x 18,8in / 3772 x 5640 (300dpi)

Keywords

travel transport Co Unknown houses of westminster Cassell Sir Charles Petter Petter & Galpin Picturesque Europe transportation exterior outdoors Europe city skyline river building buildings London England River Thames Thames people house houses architecture boat boats arts politics country book smoke continent British geography English European palace Parliament political Gothic Westminster location Victorian century barges barge picturesque Houses of Parliament Britain literature concept riverbank B&W capital city tourist attraction Day 19th century perpendicular water transport black & white black and white background people British Isles nineteenth century Palace of Westminster Victoria Tower historic tourism City of Westminster The Print Collector geographical feature TGN outside engraving Charles Sir Charles Barry Barry Charles Barry