Pictorial sheet music cover The Guardians of the Night circa 1875 showing police patrol in an empty London street

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Chromolithographed sheet music cover The Guardians of the Night dedicated to Colonel Henderson first Chief Commissioner of Metropolitan Police and instigator of the Criminal Investigation Department.

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Size: 6086px × 8915px
Photo credit: © Amoret Tanner / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: Yes

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