Framed Prints
Framed Print of Admission to the Strangers Gallery of the House of Commons: preliminaries, 1881
Admission to the Strangers Gallery of the House of Commons, [Palace of Westminster]: preliminaries, 1881. [Our] Artist...has cleverly delineated the process of filtering...visitors through the purgatorial corridor they have frequently to linger in ere they can gain admission to what they appear to regard as the seventh heaven of the Strangers Gallery... A ballot has to take place, trusty Inspector Denning presiding over the operation. He collects the orders, folds them, and drops them one by one into a glass bowl. Inspector Denning then stirs the papers in the bowl, and calls out the name of each visitor, whose order is duly inspected by Colonel Forester, another official of the House...the requisite sixty having secured precedence by drawing lots, and having been marched like so many prisoners into the Inner Lobby, whence they climb to their coveted eyrie in the sanctum sanctorum, it is on the cards that our representative visitor will have to wait and patiently sit with other disappointed wights in the corridor till another ballot takes place at six o'clock. He may consider himself lucky if he gets in then, as it sometimes happens that nine, ten, eleven o'clock passes, and still finds some unfortunate waiter on providence'. From "Illustrated London News", 1881. Heritage Images features heritage image collections. © The Print Collector/Heritage Images
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Media ID 47233813
Ballot Bowl City Of Westminster London England Corridor Furniss Furniss Harry Gender Harry Harry Furniss House Of Commons Houses Of Parliament Law Enforcement Old Boy Network Old Boys Club Old Boys Network Palace Of Westminster Police Police Officer Policeman Policemen Public Strangers Gallery Ticket Tickets Top Hats Tophat Waiting Westminster London England
Modern Frame 14"x12" (36x31cm)
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Wood effect frame, card mounted, 10x8 fade resistant photo print. Overall outside dimensions 14x12 inches (36x31cm). Environmentally and ozone friendly, 40mm wide x 15mm Polycore® moulding has the look of real wood, is durable and light and easy to hang. Biodegradable and made with non-chlorinated gases (no toxic fumes) it is efficient; producing 100 tons of polystyrene can save 300 tons of trees! Prints are glazed with lightweight, shatterproof, optical clarity acrylic (providing the same general protection from the environment as glass). The back is stapled hardboard with a sawtooth hanger attached. Note: measurements provided are estimated outer dimensions, which include both the image and the frame. While we aim to keep sizing consistent, exact dimensions may vary slightly due to differences in print size or production requirements, which may result in a variation in the overall size (up to approximately 2.5cm (1"))
These are individually made so all sizes are approximate
Estimated Image Size (if not cropped) is 24cm x 19.3cm (9.4" x 7.6")
Estimated Product Size is 36cm x 31cm (14.2" x 12.2")
