Press Pass for Duke of Wellington’s Funeral, 1852
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Overall: 17cm (76.6in) x 20.7cm (8.2in)
Printed card with City of London armorial and embossed seal of the City of London Police, upper left. Inscribed ‘Funeral of F.M. the Duke of Wellington, / Pass Ticket for Gentlemen of the Press / Permit the Bearer to pass the Barriers in the City of London. / To the Police on duty, / City of London. // D.W. Harvey, / Commissioner of Police.’
Somewhat surprisingly Commissioner of Police Daniel Whittle Harvey (1786-1863), was a one time a Radical Member of Parliament, and the founder of The Sunday Times.
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