St Stephens Tower Collection

The Funeral of Lord Palmerston: the procession passing Charing-Cross, 1865. Creator: C. R
The Funeral of Lord Palmerston: the procession passing Charing-Cross, [London], 1865. 'Our Illustration shows the aspect of the procession at Charing-cross as it turned to go down Whitehall

Captain Urquhart experimenting with his Life-Preserving Raft on the Thames, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Captain Urquhart experimenting with his Life-Preserving Raft on the Thames, [in London] 1858. A craft, attracting attention by its singular appearance

Sectional View of the Clock Tower, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Sectional View of the Clock Tower, 1858. Bell tower housing Big Ben in the Palace of Westminster, London. When the bell was raised from the ground to the clock room (a distance of 190 feet)

Mode of Raising the Great Bell, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Mode of Raising the Great Bell, 1858. Big Ben being installed in the bell tower of the Palace of Westminster in London. In giving some idea of the process of raising the great bell it is necessary to

The New Houses of Parliament - the Great Clock at Westminster, 1857. Creator: Unknown
The New Houses of Parliament - the Great Clock at Westminster, 1857. Engraving from a photograph by Mr. Freeman De la Motte, showing the mechanism which powers the chimes of Big Ben

The Quarter-Bells for the Great Clock at Westminster, 1857. Creator: Unknown
The Quarter-Bells for the Great Clock at Westminster, [London], 1857. The fourth quarter-bell...is a very fine-toned bell

The Great Clock-Dial of the New Houses of Parliament, illuminated, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Great Clock-Dial of the New Houses of Parliament, [London], illuminated, 1856. The Great Clock, we understand, is ready for being placed in the tower; the upper portion of which we have engraved

Scaffolding for Raising the Quarter-Bells in the Clock Tower of the New Houses of Parliament, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Scaffolding for Raising the Quarter-Bells in the Clock Tower of the New Houses of Parliament, [London], 1857. St Stephen's Tower, (later renamed the Elizabeth Tower)

Belfry in the Clock Tower of the New Houses of Parliament, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Belfry in the Clock Tower of the New Houses of Parliament, [London], 1857. St Stephen's Tower, (later renamed the Elizabeth Tower), houses Big Ben

The Clock-Tower and Speaker's Residence, New Houses of Parliament, 1857. Creator: J. & A.W
The Clock-Tower and Speaker's Residence, New Houses of Parliament, [London], 1857. The tower in which "Big Ben" is housed was originally known as St Stephen's Tower

The King and Queen Approaching Westminster Abbey, 1937. Creator: Photochrom Co Ltd of London
The King and Queen Approaching Westminster Abbey, 1937. From "The Coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth". [The Photochrom Co. Ltd. London, 1937 ]

Primrose Day at Westminster - Tributes to the memory of Lord Beaconsfield, 1886. Creator: Unknown
Primrose Day at Westminster - Tributes to the memory of Lord Beaconsfield, 1886. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume 33. January to June, 1886"

Big Ben, 1897 and 1907. Creator: Frederick Childe Hassam
Big Ben, 1897 and 1907

Big Ben at Night, 1947. Creator: Unknown
Big Ben at Night, 1947. Floodlit view of the Clock Tower at the Palace of Westminster in London. The tower, designed in a neo-Gothic style by Augustus Pugin

Moving the Great Bell, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Moving the Great Bell, 1858. Big Ben being installed in the bell tower of the Palace of Westminster in London. View of...the bell entering the arch

Hudsons Soap, 1888. Creator: Unknown
Hudsons Soap, 1888. From, The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume 38. July to December, 1888

Houses of Parliament, 1850-1900. Creator: Unknown
Houses of Parliament, 1850-1900. [Steamships on the River Thames at Westminster]. Albumen print, from the album " Views of London"

The Victoria Clock Tower London, 1892. Creator: Felix Hilaire Buhot
The Victoria Clock Tower London, 1892

Westminster Bridge, 1884. Creator: Felix Hilaire Buhot
Westminster Bridge, 1884

The Thames at Westminster, 1878. Creator: Edwin Edwards
The Thames at Westminster, 1878

Westminster Bridge, or Westminster Clock Tower, 1860-98. Creator: Felix Hilaire Buhot
Westminster Bridge, or Westminster Clock Tower, 1860-98

Westminster Palace, 1884. Creator: Felix Hilaire Buhot
Westminster Palace, 1884

Pair of Early Stereograph Views of London, England, 1850s-70s. Creator: Unknown
Pair of Early Stereograph Views of London, England, 1850s-70s. [New Houses of Parliament. The Clock Tower]

The Fountain - Broad Sanctuary, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré
The Fountain-Broad Sanctuary, 1872. Men women and children run for shelter under Buxton Memorial Fountain in memory of Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, a philanthropist and anti-slavery campaigner

Victoria Embankment, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré
Victoria Embankment, 1872. Part of the Thames Embankment on the north bank of the River Thames, construction began in 1865 and was completed in 1870 under Joseph Bazalgette. From, " LONDON

Westminster Stairs - Steamers Leaving, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré
Westminster Stairs-Steamers Leaving. Westminster bridge was designed by Thomas Page and opened on 24 May 1862. From, " LONDON. A Pilgrimage" by Gustave Dore and Blanchard Jerrold

Lord Montagu at Houses of Parliament, London 1999. Creator: Unknown
Lord Montagu at Houses of Parliament, London 1999

The Houses of Parliament, Westminster, London, c1890. Creator: Unknown
The Houses of Parliament, Westminster, London, c1890. From " Cassells History of England - Special Edition, Vol. V." [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne

Houses of Parliament Lords and Commons, late 19th-early 20th century. Creator: Unknown
Houses of Parliament Lords and Commons, late 19th-early 20th century. The Palace of Westminster, with St Stephens Tower housing Big Ben on the left, and Victoria Tower on the right. Postcard

The Talking Shop at Westminster, 1909. Creator: Francis Frith & Co
" The Talking Shop" at Westminster, 1909. From " The British Printer Vol. XXII". [Raithby, Lawrence & Co. Ltd, London and Leicester, 1909]

Talk Here About Politics - Jaeneckes Inks advertisement, 1909. Creator: Unknown
Talk Here About Politics - Jaeneckes Inks advertisement, 1909. From " The British Printer Vol. XXII". [Raithby, Lawrence & Co. Ltd, London and Leicester, 1909]

Double-decker electric trams on Westminster Bridge, London, 1906. Trams superimposed on a photograph looking across the bridge towards Big Ben on the left

Westminster Bridge and the Palace of Westminster with Big Ben, London, 1934. View from the terrace in front of the old County Hall across the Thames; the Palace of Westminster

Broad Sanctuary, Westminster, c1910 (1911). Artist: Photochrom Co Ltd of London
Broad Sanctuary, Westminster, c1910 (1911). View of Broad Sanctuary showing Westminster Hospital, Big Ben and St Margarets Church. From London - North of the Thames, by Sir Walter Besant

One of Barrys design for the new Houses of Parliament, 21 May 1836, (c1920). Artist: Sir Charles Barry
One of Barrys design for the new Houses of Parliament, 21 May 1836, (c1920). Architect Charles Barrys (1795-1860) new Houses of Parliament were opened in 1860 after the previous building was burnt

Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament, Westminster, London, 1870. Big Ben is actually the bell inside St Stephens Tower but has come to signify the clock tower itself

London, 1866. Artist: Charles Francois Daubigny
London, 1866. Daubigny, Charles-Francois (1817-1878). Found in the collection of the State A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

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