From high atop the squat Martello tower known as the Wish Tower, a sweeping panorama of Edwardian Eastbourne unfolds — the grand seafront hotels rising like a creamy terrace above the shingle beach, horse-drawn vehicles dotting the promenade, and the pier stretching bravely into a glittering channel. This richly hand-tinted card published by Shurey's Publications captures the Sussex resort at its Edwardian zenith, when Eastbourne was known as the "Empress of Watering Places" and the well-to-do arrived by train to promenade along its celebrated front. The Wish Tower itself, one of the chain of 103 Martello towers built against Napoleonic invasion, stands just out of frame — this bird's-eye vantage placing the viewer inside history. Printed by Delittle, Fenwick and Co. of York using their "British Throughout" process, the card's warm tonal palette and fine halftone screen are characteristic of early divided-back-era British quality printing, making it an attractive piece for Sussex topography or military history collectors.