View of Tower Bridge, London, with the roadway raised to allow large boats through.

The Tower Bridge, London


Reference Number:- Godden Number:- Grant Catalogue Number:-
gt 756 1043 unknown
 
Words:

Woven on Silk:-

 

Printed at top of card:-
 

Printed at bottom of card:-

W.H. GRANT & CO.,]
REGISTERED No. 394490.
[COVENTRY.
The Tower Bridge, London.
WOVEN IN PURE SILK.
Size:
Card-mount:
19.0cm deep by 24.0cm wide

silk:
9.3cm high by 14.5cm wide

Comments:

by Geoffrey Godden:

General view, with rowing-boat in mid stream. This design on a ribbon approximately 5 inches [12.7cm] by 2 inches [5.1cm] was first registered on 26 June 1902 (registration number 394490) but was later issued in a larger size [as above]. On some examples, the name W. H. Grant & Co. is rubber-stamped on the reverse of the mount in script letters. This subject was also issued in postcard form. A postcard of this subject was mentioned in a trade review of October 1903.

Other comments:
This design was first registered on 26 June 1902 (Registration number 394490).

 



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