Baldwin's of St. James's
Auction 57 14 Apr 2021
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The Portland Collection, Commemorative Medals, Transport: Road Traffic, Opening of the Blackwall Tunnel, London, a presentation copper medal, 1897, by Frank Bowcher, for Spink & Son, Diamond Jubilee bust of Victoria l., rev. central medallion of the tunnel, with horse-drawn cart and carriage and pedestrians, Prince of Wales's plumes above and collar of flowers of the Kingdoms, edge engraved, WALTER EMDEN, FROM HIS FRIEND WILLIAM BULL, 76mm. (BHM.3615; Eimer 1812), extremely fine, scarce
The reverse legend explains: BLACKWALL TUNNEL CONSTRUCTED BY THE LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL AND OPENED BY H.R.H THE PRINCE OF WALES K.G. ON BEHALF OF H.M THE QUEEN MAY XXII MDCCCXCVII. William Bull [Sir William James Bull, bt., PC (1863-1931)], lawyer and Conservative MP for Hammersmith (1900-1918) and Hammersmith South (1918-1929), was in 1897 the Chairman of the London County Council Bridge Committee. Walter Lawrence Emden (1847-1913) was a leading architect of the period specialising in theatres and music halls. The tunnel was designed by Sir Alexander Binnie (1839-1917), the London County Council's chief engineer and built by S. Pearson & Sons, between 1892 and 1897. The tunnel remains in daily use, taking northbound traffic – a new tunnel having been opened in 1967 for southbound. Another presentation medal has been noted, offered for sale by T. Millett, this from Bull to Nathan Robinson of the LCC.
The reverse legend explains: BLACKWALL TUNNEL CONSTRUCTED BY THE LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL AND OPENED BY H.R.H THE PRINCE OF WALES K.G. ON BEHALF OF H.M THE QUEEN MAY XXII MDCCCXCVII. William Bull [Sir William James Bull, bt., PC (1863-1931)], lawyer and Conservative MP for Hammersmith (1900-1918) and Hammersmith South (1918-1929), was in 1897 the Chairman of the London County Council Bridge Committee. Walter Lawrence Emden (1847-1913) was a leading architect of the period specialising in theatres and music halls. The tunnel was designed by Sir Alexander Binnie (1839-1917), the London County Council's chief engineer and built by S. Pearson & Sons, between 1892 and 1897. The tunnel remains in daily use, taking northbound traffic – a new tunnel having been opened in 1967 for southbound. Another presentation medal has been noted, offered for sale by T. Millett, this from Bull to Nathan Robinson of the LCC.