Big Ben

The Thames, the sky, and the tower that defines London — this fine art landscape photograph of Big Ben places the Elizabeth Tower in its wider context, the great Gothic clock tower rising above the river and the rooftops of Westminster with the commanding presence that has made it one of the most recognized landmarks on earth. Completed in 1859 and designed by Charles Barry and Augustus Pugin as part of the rebuilt Palace of Westminster, the Elizabeth Tower — known the world over as Big Ben, after the 13-tonne Great Bell it houses — stands 96 meters tall at the north end of the palace, its four clock faces each nearly seven meters in diameter. The landscape format of this photograph gives the tower its proper setting: the sweep of the river, the open sky, the sense of a city going about its life in the shadow of a building that has marked its hours for over 165 years. It is the view that Londoners know and visitors remember — the one that says, unmistakably, that you are in London. Printed on Fuji Crystal Archive paper with optional acrylic glass or Alu-Dibond mounting for a gallery-quality finish.