Mounting Guard at Whitehall

Creator

Preview

Medium

Photographic postcard

Dimensions

5 x 3

Credit Line

Long-term Loan from the Estate of Boris Blick, 2015

Accession Number

2015.481

Provenance

Raphael Tuck & Sons' Photogravure Postcard No. 2173. Art Publishers to Their Majesties the King & Queen.

Creator Biography

Creator Unknown, British.

Description

Front: "Mounting guard at Whitehall." Back: "Mounting Guard at Whitehall. - For a century and a half Whitehall Palace was the chief residence of the Court. All that is left is the Royal Chapel, now the United Service Museum, and the Horse Guards, now the office for the Commander-in-chief of the Home Forces. At 11 a.m. (Sundays 10 a.m.) the Guard on duty is relieved by another Guard, a pretty military ceremony which always attracts a crowd."