Tickets and Passes of London from the David Young Collection

Exhibitions and Museums, PICCADILLY, Egyptian Hall, Albert Smith, 1860, silver, bust right, rev. albert smith born may 24th 1816 died may 23rd 1860 in 5 lines, 22mm, 4.76g (W 1014, this piece illustrated; BHM 2679; D & W 69/180; Young, Entertainments, p.29, this piece). Very fine and toned, rare £80-£100

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: Format FPL 44, 1986 (6018); W.J. Noble Collection, Noble Numismatics Pty Auction 61B (Melbourne), 3-4 August 1999, lot 219; A Collection of 19th Century Unofficial Farthings, DNW Auction 70B, 11 July 2006, lot 2078.

Albert Richard Smith (1816-60), b. Chertsey, studied medicine in London and Paris but gave up the profession to pursue a career in journalism and as a playwright. In 1851 he climbed Mont Blanc and for many years afterwards entertained crowds at the Egyptian Hall on a stage set resembling a Swiss alpine chalet. A founder member of the Alpine Club in 1857, he helped to popularise the pursuit of mountaineering in mid-Victorian Britain