unknown artist, Admission Ticket to the Ceremony of Laying a Memorial Stone in Battersea Bridge by H.R.H. Prince Albert, 1887
- Title:
- Admission Ticket to the Ceremony of Laying a Memorial Stone in Battersea Bridge by H.R.H. Prince Albert
- Former Title(s):
- Premier Map of London and Suburbs: Admission Ticket to the Ceremony of Laying a Memorial Stone in Battersea Bridge by H.R.H. Prince Albert
- Date:
- 1887
- Materials & Techniques:
- Engraving on smooth, moderately thick, blue wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 6 3/8 × 8 13/16 inches (16.2 × 22.4 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower left: "17 | D"
Lettered, center: "METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS | ADMIT THE BEARER TO THE CEREMONY OF LAYING | A MERMORIAL STONE IN BATTERSEA BRIDGE | BY HIS | Royal Highness Prince Albert Victor of Wales | on Saturday the 18th of June 1887 at 3:30 P.M."; lower center: "This Ticket Admits at the Surrey side of the Bridge only"; lower left: "No", "Block"; lower right: "Clerk of the Board"; stamped in black ink, lower right: "J Wakefield"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Copyright Undetermined
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.15272
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- architectural subject
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:32156
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