One of my most time consuming paintings to date (no pun intended).
Designed by Edmund Beckett Denison, the clock took 13 years to build and it was completed in 1859. It has worked continuously since then except for a few months in 1976 when it broke down and had to be fixed. Big Ben is one of England's best-known landmarks. Some believe it got its name from Sir Benjamin Hall.
The recent five-year restoration of the Elizabeth Tower involved extensive scaffolding, 500 workers and ended up running £51m over budget (totalling £80m). The clock's iconic dials have been restored to their original colour - Prussian blue - after experts discovered the shade under layers of black paint.
Big Ben.
The work will be printed on;
Ilford Cotton Textured paper, which is a highly textured Giclée art paper offering strong reproduction of blacks and good colour intensity with a texture that holds the ink and catches the light. This Giclée paper has a white uncoated paper base, which together with the texture gives the artwork a lovely fine art reproduction feel.
PAPER TONE - Warm White
TEXTURE - High texture
FINISH - Matt
Sizing
Paper mm inches A1 594 x 841 mm 23.4 x 33.1 inches A2 420 x 594 mm 16.5 x 23.4 inches A3 297 x 420 mm 11.7 x 16.5 inches A4 210 x 297 mm 8.3 x 11.7 inches