Stevengraph picture - st336 - Houses of Parliament

by Austin Sprake:
Picture in black and white with blue sky, green trees and union jack in colour. Usually no title. Often in calendar form.

by Geoffrey Godden:
A landscape view of the British Houses of Parliament, with the tower of Big Ben as seen from the far side of the River Thames. This is a subject issued in the twentieth century, like other views such as the TOWER OF LONDON [st588 on this site], and it is normally mounted on an untitled card. It was mainly issued as part of a calendar.
The design was reputedly copied from a bank-note of this period which featured the Houses of Parliament.
It should be noted that W. H. Grant issued a similar silk-woven view.

Other comments:
The Stevengraph silk above was also used in the 1930 calendar

Of interest, I have seen another picture of Stevens HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT on which is attached this very unique label:

Label attached to another picture of Houses of Parliament, this being signed by Wilma Sinclair Le Van Baker

this label was attached to another picture of Stevens Houses of Parliament, not the one shown above,
and is signed by Wilma Sinclair Le Van Baker, on 11 October 1956.

Reference Number:-	Sprake Number:-	Godden Number:-
st 336	STG133	33

Words:	Woven on silk:- Printed at bottom of card-mount:- WOVEN IN SILK BY THOMAS STEVENS (COVENTRY) LTD
Size:	Card-mount: 17.8cm deep by 32.4cm wide silk: 6.4cm high by 17.8cm wide
Comments:	by Austin Sprake: Picture in black and white with blue sky, green trees and union jack in colour. Usually no title. Often in calendar form. by Geoffrey Godden: A landscape view of the British Houses of Parliament, with the tower of Big Ben as seen from the far side of the River Thames. This is a subject issued in the twentieth century, like other views such as the TOWER OF LONDON [st588 on this site], and it is normally mounted on an untitled card. It was mainly issued as part of a calendar. The design was reputedly copied from a bank-note of this period which featured the Houses of Parliament. It should be noted that W. H. Grant issued a similar silk-woven view. Other comments: The Stevengraph silk above was also used in the 1930 calendar Of interest, I have seen another picture of Stevens HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT on which is attached this very unique label: this label was attached to another picture of Stevens Houses of Parliament, not the one shown above, and is signed by Wilma Sinclair Le Van Baker, on 11 October 1956.