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Ticket to the Visitor's Arch of the Thames Tunnel: P.13050-R

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Ticket to the Visitor's Arch of the Thames Tunnel

Maker(s)

Printer: Teape, Henry

Entities

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Description

The ticket is numbered 85 and dated 1828. It is made out to Mr Charles Field, and signed by Charles Butler. On verso: plan of London with the site of the tunnel highlighted.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1923) by Perceval, Spencer George

Dating

19th Century
Production date: AD 1828

School or Style

British

Components of the work

Sheet Height 127 mm Width 170 mm

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: NOT TRANSFERRABLE. / No. [85] Thames Tunnel. [1828] / THIS TICKET bearing the Signature of / M[r Chas Field (being a Proprietor) / ENTITLES HIM TO FREE ADMISSION to the / Visitor's (the western) Arch of the Thames Tunnel / FOR ONE YEAR, and during the usual hours, on / his signing his name, on each admission, in a Book pro-/ vided for that purpose. / PROPRIETOR'S SIGNATURE, BY ORDER OF THE DIRECTORS, / [Chas Butler] / Clerk to the Company. / Walbrook Buildings, 11th June, 1828.
  • Location: Sheet centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: THE THAMES TUNNEL COMPANY / INCORPORATED 1824
  • Location: Sheet left
  • Method of creation: Blindstamped
  • Type: Stamp
  • Text: TEAPE AND SON, PRINTERS, TOWER HILL.
  • Location: Sheet lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Name

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.13050-R
Primary reference Number: 185951
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Audit data

Created: Wednesday 14 December 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Ticket to the Visitor's Arch of the Thames Tunnel" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/185951 Accessed: 2024-11-05 12:37:13

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