Tower of the Palace of Westminster, London containing the bell Big Ben

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Metallurgy: casting a bell for the clock of the New Palace of Westminster. Wood engraving, 1856.

Death, as a policeman, approaches a ragged woman and her baby in a London park. Colour wood engraving by M. Morgan, 1867.

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Big Ben (Tower clock)

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Death, as a policeman, approaches a ragged woman and her baby in a London park. Colour wood engraving by M. Morgan, 1867.

Metallurgy: casting a bell for the clock of the New Palace of Westminster. Wood engraving, 1856.