Bell's telephone in operation Size:Standard: 6 x 4in The equestrian statue of George

The equestrian statue of George III

The French visitor to London for the summer season of 1888 says that the Great British weather should protect the country from any invasion

Signed lower left "Thos

View of Christ's Hospital and a water pump

Also including a description in German and French

Bell's telephone in operation Size:Standard: 6 x 4in The equestrian statue of George'Bell's telephone in operation', late 19th century. Scottish born American inventor Bell (1847 1922) filed the patent for his telephone at the United States Patent Office at 3pm on 14 February 1876, just 2 hours before a rival device developed by Elisha Gray. In 1878 he demonstrated the telephone to Queen Victoria at her residence, Osborne House, on the Isle of Wight. On the evening of 14 January 1878 contact was made with nearby Osborne Cottage and