Accession No

3931

Brief Description

print of the Central Telegraph Office: Instrument Gallery, by J. Bell, mid- to late 19th Century

Origin

Maker

Bell, J.

Class

prints; electrical

Earliest Date

1850

Latest Date

1900

Inscription Date

Material

paper; card; glass; wood

Dimensions

breadth 589mm; height 435mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Inscription

‘THE CENTRAL TELEGRAPH OFFICE: INSTRUMENT GALLERY.’ (below print)
‘J. Bell’ (signature on engraving at bottom left)

Description Notes

Black and white engraving showing a Central Telegraph Office (location unknown), showing customers and telegraph operators in the instrument gallery.
Mounted and framed.

Condition good; complete

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