Tickets and Passes of London from the David Young Collection

Clubs and Societies, BLOOMSBURY, Russell Institution, Lectures, a coloured card admitting to Brayley’s Lecture, March 12 1827, named (Mr A. West & friends), vignette of elevation of the building at centre, seal at lower right, 112 x 77mm. Fine £20-£30

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Tickets and Passes of London from the David Young Collection.

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Provenance: Bt Jardayce October 2004.

The Russell Institution for the Promotion of Literary and Scientific Knowledge was founded by private subscription in June 1808 to provide a revenue-paying purpose for an assembly hall constructed in Coram street. Edward Wedlake Brayley, FSA (1773-1854), historian and topographer, librarian and secretary of the Institution from 1825 until his death in 1854