'The Victoria Tower, from Lambeth', c1870. Victoria Tower at the Palace of Westminster designed by Charles Barry in Perpendicular Gothic style was completed in 1860 as a 'fireproof repository for books and documents'. From "Picturesque Europe - The British Isles, Vol. I". [Cassell, Petter & Galpin, London, c1870]

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