Title

Box in which the freedom of the City [of London] was presented to Garibaldi, 1864. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

Box in which the freedom of the City [of London] was presented to Garibaldi, 1864. General Garibaldi received an address and gifts from the Italian committee of London at the Crystal Palace. '...the box in which the freedom of the City was presented to him...[was] made by Hancock, of Braton-street, [and] is a massive gold one, ornamented with garlands of flowers and the arms of the city of London on the lid. There is the letter "G," in diamonds, with a gold star, on the front of the box'. From "Illustrated London News", 1864.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM24A26_014

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

7,2Mb (567,5Kb) / 6,6in x 4,2in / 1982 x 1261 (300dpi)

Keywords

arts politics metal art box British color decoration decorative gold political boxes gift present century Britain newspapers press print artefacts artefact concept hero decorated artifacts artifact B&W heroic engraved engraving heroism Colour 19th century black & white black and white B W white and black nineteenth century political event The Print Collector Illustrated London News ILN freedom of the city newspaper Unknown Hancock Giuseppe Garibaldi Garibaldi National hero Giuseppe Son & Co Charles Frederick 19th-century Charles Frederick Hancock C F Hancock C F C. F. Hancock C. F. Giuseppe Maria Garibaldi Giuseppe Maria