Tower Bridge with bascules open, London Finish:Rolled View of the funeral car

View of the funeral car of the Duke of Wellington

Below the allegorical figure is an inset view of Westminster and Tothill Fields from Lambeth

a waitress hands a chop on a dish to an alderman on the left

showing the ancient Italian corn goddess with women gathering corn

Tower Bridge with bascules open, London Finish:Rolled View of the funeral carTower Bridge with bascules open, London, c1905. View of the bridge from Tower Gun Wharf. The construction of Tower Bridge was begun in 1881 to designs by Sir Horace Jones and it opened in 1894. It was designed so that the central section could be raised to allow the passage of ships to and from the busy wharves of London.