An architectural structure with a mixture of classical and contemporary figures: 1. Fame is crowning 2. a smith and 3. an engineer; the former refuses to mend the broken sword of Mars, god of war, while the latter accepts a design from the muse, Clio; 4. and 5. two kneeling men illustrate Aesop's fable of the bundle of sticks showing that ‘Union is Strength’; three portraits show great inventors of the industrial revolution, 6. James Watt, 7. Samuel Crompton and 8. Richard Arkwright; below 9. a phoenix rises from its ashes and 10 - 14.five scenes show branches of the ‘Iron Trade’; on either side are15 . and 16. views of the ‘Practical results of Science and Labour’ – railways, factories and steam ships; 17. the national flowers – rose, thistle and shamrock - at the base of the design show the unity of British workers. 1852
<br>Lithograph printed in colour
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<p>After: James Sharples
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<dl><dd>Printed by: Butterfield &amp; Mason</dd></dl></div>
1852<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1852-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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